The life of the heroin user typical beginnings, trajectories and outcomes /

"Heroin is a worldwide scourge and a seemingly intractable one. The Life of the Heroin User: Typical Beginnings, Trajectories and Outcomes is the first book to apply a biographical approach to the lifecycle of the heroin user from birth until death. Chapters address each stage of the user'...

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Main Author: Darke, Shane
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Series:International research monographs in the addictions.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Addict 'careers': the lifecycle of the opioid user; 2. Parents and childhood; 3. Early teenage years: the onset of substance use; 4. The mid-teens: the commencement of opioid use; 5. The twenties and thirties: the polydrug-using opioid user; 6. The drug treatment cycle: remission and relapse; 7. The older opioid user: the forties and beyond; 8. Death: rates and causes; 9. Conclusions: an inevitable life and death?; Index.