Normalization of Violence: Experiences of Childhood Abuse by Inner-City Crack Users

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• Supported by grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01 DA09056; R01 DA013690). The points of view in this paper do not represent the official position of the U.S. Government, National Institute on Drug Abuse, or National Development and Research Institutes Inc.
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