A home for body and soul: Substance using women in recovery

@article{Kruk2013AHF,
  title={A home for body and soul: Substance using women in recovery},
  author={Edward Kruk and Katherine A. Sandberg},
  journal={Harm Reduction Journal},
  year={2013},
  volume={10},
  pages={39 - 39},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:15433099}
}
A key barrier to the addiction recovery of women is the present framework of addiction treatment, as well as current drug laws, policies and service delivery systems.
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