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Crack cocaine use among aging Mexican American men with heroin use histories: Motivations and polydrug use patterns

Journal Title Addiction Research & Theory
Published Date January 03, 2022
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Authors Tasha Perdue

Abstract

Knowledge about the motivations for crack cocaine use and the long-term effects among people who inject heroin is limited. This study aims to understand motivations associated with this co-use drug pattern among aging men entrenched in established intergenerational heroin subcultures.