African-American crack abusers and drug treatment initiation: barriers and effects of a pretreatment intervention

• Main Authors: Lam Wendy KK (Author), Luseno Winnie K (Author), Riehman Kara S (Author), Zule William A (Author), Wechsberg Wendee M (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2007-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Individual and sociocultural factors may pose significant barriers for drug abusers seeking treatment, particularly for African-American crack cocaine abusers. However, there is evidence that pretreatment interventions may reduce tre...