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Peer reviewedDumont, Matthew P. – Social Policy, 1971
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Narcotics, Youth
Peer reviewedSexton, Brendan John; Sexton, Patricia Mayo – Social Policy, 1973
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Counseling Services, Drug Addiction, Drug Education
Peer reviewedLewis, David L. – Social Policy, 1976
Notes that those who know drugs and users first hand see the law enforcement-medical/maintenance system which has evolved in America as ineffective, hypocritical, and cruel. The drug user remains the archetypal pariah. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Legislation
Peer reviewedLevin, Tom – Social Policy, 1971
Most drug-abuse-treatment programs fail because they have no community base, no clear social perspective, and because they rely on rehabilitated addicts lacking professional expertise and professionals isolated from the communities they serve. (JM)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Therapy
Peer reviewedHumphreys, Keith – Social Policy, 1998
Discusses the potential of self-help/mutual-aid groups as a way to reduce the demand for professional substance-abuse treatment and proposes a model that combines the two approaches for cost-effective and therapeutically effective networks of services. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Counselors, Drug Addiction, Health Services
