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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779122603321

Titolo

Drug use in metropolitan America [[electronic resource] /] / Robert M. Bray, Mary Ellen Marsden, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1999

ISBN

1-4522-0483-7

0-7619-0374-7

1-4522-2140-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 344 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

BrayRobert M

MarsdenMary Ellen

Disciplina

362.29120973

Soggetti

Drug abuse - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Impact of Drug Use in Metropolitan America; Chapter 2 - The Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area Drug Study (DC*MADS); Chapter 3 - Drug Use Among Household and Nonhousehold Populations; Chapter 4 - Drug Use and Homelessness; Chapter 5 - Drug Use Among the Institutionalized Population; Chapter 6 - Drug Involvement Among Offender Populations; Chapter 7 - Patterns of Use Among Drug Treatment Clients; Chapter 8 - Drug Use and Pregnancy; Chapter 9 - Comparing and Integrating Findings Across Populations

Chapter 10 - Implications of Findings for Policy and ResearchIndex; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Recounting the five year study recently completed by the Research Triangle Institute of drug use in Washington DC, this text integrates the findings and places them in the context of a national drug abuse problem, crime and homelessness.