NCJ Number
9496
Date Published
1970
Length
337 pages
Annotation
HISTORICAL AND PRESENT PATTERNS OF OPIATE USE IN THE UNITED STATES, USE AMONG SELECTED POPULATIONS, AND MEDICAL ASPECTS OF OPIATE ADDICTION.
Abstract
THE PATTERNS OF DRUG USE ARE TREATED IN DETAIL, COVERING THE NATIVITY, PARENTAGE, AND MOBILITY OF OPIATE ADDICTS, THE ASSOCIATION OF MARIJUANA SMOKING WITH OPIATE ADDICTION, AND THE EVOLUTION OF CONCURRENT OPIATE AND SEDATIVE ADDICTIONS. ADDICTION AMONG PUERTO RICAN, BLACK, MEXICAN, CHINESE, AND FEMALE MINORITIES IS EXAMINED. MEDICAL ASPECTS OF OPIATE ADDICTION, INCLUDING DEATH AMONG INSTITUTIONALIZED NARCOTIC ADDICTS, DEATH DUE TO WITHDRAWAL, SUICIDE AMONG HOSPITALIZED ADDICTS, AND THE ABSENCE OF MAJOR MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS AMONG CHRONIC ADDICTS, ARE EXPLORED. A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS IS INCLUDED.