Studies Show Childhood Abuse and Homelessness Linked to Intravenous Drug Use

Published December 20, 2012

Studies show childhood abuse and homelessness linked to intravenous drug use
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
A pair of multi-year studies from the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and UBC found that homelessness and childhood abuse are linked to intravenous drug use in youth. Two separate studies set out to determine why some young people begin to inject heroin, cocaine, amphetamine, or opioids while others do not.
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Correction: People-Cameron Douglas story
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
NEW YORK (AP) — In a story Dec. 18 about appeals court arguments in the Cameron Douglas drug case, The Associated Press incorrectly quoted Douglas' lawyer, saying he referenced Douglas' father, Michael Douglas, when discussing Cameron Douglas' history of substance abuse, and said the father limited his son's cocaine snorting. The actual quote from lawyer Paul Shechtman was, "While still a young …
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