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Treatment of Cocaine Abuse: Exploring the Condition and Selecting the Response

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Any consideration of treatment must necessarily be preceded by a consideration of the condition for which the treatment may possibly be indicated. Consideration of treatment does not require the condition to be seen as a disease or illness — the term remains useful across a wide range of conditions as diverse as a broken leg, bereavement, baldness and sunburn. However, concerns about drug use will differ according to the nature of the drug-using population, the society in which this drug use takes place, and the standpoint of the observer who experiences the concern; and in only some of these cases will the concept of treatment be appropriate.

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Strang, J., Farrell, M., Unnithan, S. (1993). Treatment of Cocaine Abuse: Exploring the Condition and Selecting the Response. In: Bean, P. (eds) Cocaine and Crack. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22773-0_8

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