A Special Program for Nurse Addicts

Abstract

Nurses, like physicians, have a significantly higher than average chance of becoming involved in illicit drug use and, over the years, many nurse addicts have entered the Clinical Research Center of the National Institute of Mental Health (1,2). The center's program, like all drug programs with which we were acquainted, was geared primarily toward treating street addicts. This orientation created a climate that was not well suited to the