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NARCOTIC ABUSERS AND POVERTY
Author(s) -
NURCO DAVID N.,
FARRELL EUGENE V.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1975.tb00675.x
Subject(s) - narcotic , poverty , public assistance , narcotic drugs , psychiatry , addiction , drug abuser , medicine , psychology , gerontology , demography , criminology , environmental health , political science , substance abuse , sociology , law , welfare
This paper examines whether narcotic abusers known to the Maryland Narcotic Addicts Register are indigent. Samples were drawn from this register and several determinations made as to their membership in populations receiving: medical assistance, public assistance (past and present), residing in public housing or in a low income area. Overall, the proportion of narcotic abusers defined as indigent ranged from 82% to 8.5% for Baltimore City residents However, this same finding did not hold true for those in Maryland counties .