Treatment Program Clients and Emergency Room Patients: A Comparison of Two Drug-Using Samples

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Abstract
Research on institutionalized drug abusers has produced a profile of drug users which at times has been applied improperly to all individuals who manifest drug-related problems. This study compares a sample of drug treatment clients with a sample of emergency room patients who have acute drug reaction problems to ascertain the extent to which the traditional profile of drug abusers accurately describes both of these drug-using groups. The treatment client sample does resemble the profile, but the emergency room patient sample does not. Treatment implications of this conclusion are discussed.

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