Abstract
As far back as 1975, many of us in the Bahamas were becoming more aware that there were chemicals being abused other than alcohol, marijuana, or prescription drugs. Slowly in our society, heroin, P.C.P., but more significantly cocaine, were rearing their ugly heads. In 1982, the cocaine avalanche began to make its presence known in the Bahamas and by 1983, a fullblown epidemic had arrived.
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McCartney, T., Neville, M. (1987). Treatment Approaches to Cocaine Abuse and Dependency in The Bahamas. In: Allen, D.F. (eds) The Cocaine Crisis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1837-8_15
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