Annoted Bibliography on Addiction

This article examines the social support network (and lack thereof) of 77 male and 23 female crack cocaine dependent inpatients (ages 18-50) from a drug treatment program. Of particular interest was whether the quality of inpatients' social support networks differed as a function of several variables. These variables included: gender, amount of drug consumption, number of people with whom the drug was smoked, and perceptions of the problem by family members.

Bowser, B.P. (1989). Crack and AIDS: An ethnographic impression. Journal of the National Medical Association, 81(5), 538-540.

This article presents findings of ethnographic surveys of residential blocks in the Bayview Hunter's Point section of San Francisco. Surveys were conducted to determine where crack sales routinely look place. Descriptions of crack sellers and users, the location of crack deals and the general crack culture and economy are provided.

The results of the conducted surveys are said to suggest implications concerning the effect of crack usage on the human immodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. For example, the point is made that female crack addicts who support their habit through prostitution may transmit HIV more effectively than women addicted to other drugs such as heroin or even to other forms of cocaine.

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stence of crack-selling organizations, the impact of drug use and selling on the community's economic life, and the subcultural lifestyles of the criminal underclass that produces, sells, and uses crack. Morganthau, T. (1989). Murder wave in the capital. Newsweek, 113(11), 16-18. This article discusses crack-related violence in Washington, D.C. Among the topics discussed are the criminal and legal aspects of crack, crack cocaine usage, and the demographic aspects of crack related murder. Also provided are statistics on mortality from crack cocaine and race. Washington, D.C. is described as a city that is literally under siege due to crack cocaine. Oetting, E.R., Beauvais, F. & Edwards, R.W. (1989). Crack: The epidemic. School Counselor, 37(2), 128-136. This article is intended for school counselors. Specifically, counselors are provided with information about the psychosocial and legal problems faced by youth with addictions to crack cocaine. The problem as it directly relates to school counseling interventions and the school itself is explored. The article also offers predictions about the possibility of a crack epidemic among American youth. Among the points made are that youths who try crack tend to be those with an exis
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Approximate Word count = 2125
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page)