Contemporary Drug Problems articles from September 1993

Contemporary Drug Problems archives from September 1993

A dissent from the Manichees.
September 22, 1993... America's "crisis of homelessness" is now in its second decade, and there seems little cause for optimism. on the structural front, matters are even worse than when Contemporary Drug Problems last took up the issue of homelessness, in 1989.(1)...

Correlates of arrest in a Baltimore homeless population.
September 22, 1993... For hundreds of years homelessness has been linked to criminal activity. Although the threat posed to society by homeless people has doubtless been greatly exaggerated, antivagrancy laws attest to societal attempts to control the problem by...

Reaching the most destitute of the homeless: when success turns to failure. (Montreal, Quebec)
September 22, 1993... The rapid growth of the homeless population, its increasing visibility, and the extent and gravity of its problems have drawn attention to the limited ability of traditional services to meet the needs of the homeless and accommodate their...

Small town in mass society: substance abuse treatment and urban-rural migration.
September 22, 1993... This article is concerned with a migration primarily from urban areas of the New York City-Philadelphia corridor to rural north-central Pennsylvania, and especially to the small city of Williamsport. In recent years, recovering urban substance...

Returning home: reintegration of substance-abusing African-American mothers.
September 22, 1993... The rehabilitation of substance-abusing homeless women with children must take account of the psychological, social and economic factors contributing to their circumstances. These have been ably described in the literature over the past several...

Homeless adults: a special population in public alcohol treatment programs.
September 22, 1993... Recent epidemiologic research has identified alcohol use as the single most common health problem confronting homeless adults (Fischer & Breakey, 1991; Institute of Medicine, 1988) Although estimates of prevalence of alcohol problems among...

Development of alcohol- and drug-free housing.
September 22, 1993... Many homeless men and women struggle with a dependency on alcohol or other drugs (Fischer, 1989; Garrett, 1989; Institute of Medicine, 1988), and many individuals in residential Need for ADF housing As noted above, individuals in...

Affordable housing for people with alcohol and other drug problems.
September 22, 1993... An introduction to ADF housing Alcohol- and drug-free (ADF) housing, also called "sober housing," "sober living environments," and "alcohol-free living centers," Provides domestic accommodation for people who choose to live in an...

Prevalence of alcohol, drug, and mental disorders among the homeless: one more time.
September 22, 1993... Varying perceptions about the contributions of alcohol, drug, and mental health (ADM) disorders have been central to the debate about homelessness in the United States. This debate is well characterized in Baumohl's (1992) editorial in the...