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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE
Volume 35, Issue 1, Pages 38-42Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/00952990802342915
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Gender; methadone treatment; opioid addiction; women
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE [R01DA015842] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIDA NIH HHS [R01 DA015842, R01 DA015842-05] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective: Gender differences were explored among 355 in- and out-of-treatment opioid-addicted adults in Baltimore. Methods: Addiction Severity Index and other variables were compared among: 1) in-treatment women vs. out-of-treatment women; 2) out-of-treatment: women vs. men; and, 3) in-treatment: women vs. men. Results: Analysis indicated that in-treatment and out-of-treatment women worked less and used more cocaine than their male counterparts (ps .01). Moreover, out-of-treatment women used heroin and cocaine more often, spent more money on drugs, earned more illegal income, and had fewer treatments than in-treatment women (ps .01). Conclusions: Findings indicate greater severity of drug and employment problems of opioid-addicted women and underline the need for gender-specific drug-treatment services.
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