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Theories of Addiction: Methamphetamine Users' Explanations for Continuing Drug Use and Relapse

Thomas F. Newton Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
, MD,
Richard De La Garza II Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
, PhD,
Ari D. Kalechstein Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
, PhD,
Desey Tziortzis Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
, MA &
Caitlin A. Jacobsen Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
Pages 294-300 | Received 29 May 2008, Accepted 10 Dec 2008, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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