title: Heroin addiction as an occupation: traditional addicts and heroin-addicted polydrug users.
abstract: This paper discusses work aimed at exploring the possibility that heroin addiction is a form of work, i.e., it is an occupation no different in social or psychological value than any other vocation. The question of whether or not a heroin addict in treatment is "out of work" is also explored.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009790:Occupations; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis