Public crack cocaine smoking and willingness to use a supervised inhalation facility: Implications for street disorder

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  DeBeck, Kora ^a   Buxton, Jane ^b   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b   Qi, Jiezhi ^a   Montaner, Julio ^a,b   Wood, Evan ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CRIME; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SANITATION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; CRIME; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS;

EID: 79951855763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-6-4     Document Type: Article

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