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September 2005, Vol 95, No. 9 | American Journal of Public Health 1493
© 2005 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.069070

LETTER

PAST AND FUTURE RESEARCH ON THE CRACK COCAINE–DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LINK

Devon D. Brewer, PhD, Charles B. Fleming, MA and Kevin P. Haggerty, MSW

Devon D. Brewer is with Interdisciplinary Scientific Research, Seattle, Wash. Charles B. Fleming and Kevin P. Haggerty are with the Social Development Research Group, University of Washington, Seattle.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Devon D. Brewer, Interdisciplinary Scientific Research, PO Box 15110, Seattle, WA 98115 (e-mail: dbrewr@interscientific.net).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

In the March issue of the Journal, El-Bassel et al. state that their study "is the first longitudinal investigation of the causal relationship between frequent drug use and IPV [intimate partner violence] among a random sample of women attending MMTPs [methadone maintenance treatment programs]."1(p468) El-Bassel and colleagues’ report is an important contribution to the literature; however, this statement gives the incorrect impression that the relationship between drug use and IPV had not previously been studied longitudinally.

In our sample of opiate-dependent women in Seattle methadone treatment programs, crack use and use of other types of cocaine were the only meaningful . . . [Full Text]






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