INTRODUCTION
Previous research on women who engaged in prostitution has found a high
rate of drug abuse among this population (Kuhns, Heide, & Silverman, 1992;
El-Bassel et al., 1997; Nadon, Koverola, & Schludermann, 1998; Potterat,
Rothenberg, Muth, Darrow, & Phillips-Plummer, 1998). Among the reasons
for women entering into prostitution, drug addiction itself is one of the main
explanations given by researchers (Weeks, Grier, Romero-Daza, & Puglisi-
Vasquez, 1998; Kuhns, et al; Gossop, Powis, Griffiths, & Strang, 1994).
Prostitution may be the only means with which to finance a drug habit