The Hidden Addiction
- 1 July 1970
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Social Work
- Vol. 15 (3) , 54-59
- https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/15.3.54
Abstract
Too often, drug abuse has been viewed within the single frame of reference of heroin-street addiction. The authors attempt to broaden this criminal model by describing a drug-abusing population largely unknown to law enforcement personnel—the nonnarcotic drug abusers. Using data drawn from a study of ten such persons, they present a profile of this group. In contrast with the heroin addict, criminal activities were almost nonexistent and drugs are obtained from legal sources. This group is thus hidden from detection by law enforcement personnel.Keywords
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