Crack cocaine is a highly addictive drug. To learn more about crack addiction, long-term crack smokers who had never met the DSM-IV criteria for lifetime cocaine dependence were compared with those who had. The study sample consisted of crack users (n=172) from the Dayton, Ohio, area who were interviewed periodically over 8 years. Data were collected on a range of variables including age of crack initiation, frequency of recent use, and lifetime cocaine dependence. Cocaine dependence was common with 62.8% of the sample having experienced it. There were no statistically significant differences between dependent and non-dependent users for age of crack initiation or frequency of crack use. In terms of sociodemographics, only race/ethnicity wa...
Background: Smoking and nicotine dependence (ND) are prevalent among substance abusers but little is...
Over the past two decades, the use of crack cocaine has become an enduring part of the social ecolog...
Objectives: Cocaine use is increasing and many cocaine users engage in polysubstance use. Within pol...
Crack cocaine is a highly addictive drug. To learn more about crack addiction, long-term crack smoke...
Aims: Although crack cocaine first appeared in cities in the United States in the mid-1980s, little ...
The Diagnostic Interview Schedule for DSM-IV was used to assess the lifetime prevalence of psychiatr...
Disparities in the crack/cocaine discourse have changed drastically since its inception over 30 year...
The goal of this study was to identify factors that predicted drug abuse treatment program entry amo...
Copyright © 2013 Steven Persaud et al.This is an open access article distributed under the Creative ...
The harmful effects of nonmedical cocaine use are well documented, but the overall health of people ...
Depression has been identified as a disorder of clinical significance among cocaine users. Even so, ...
OBJECTIVE: Few diagnostic studies have reported rates of psychiatric comorbidity among cocaine addic...
People who smoke crack cocaine are described as chaotic and more likely to engage in risky sex, poly...
This paper examines how socioeconomic factors contribute to initial use of crack cocaine and to even...
International audienceRationale Behavioral disturbances (BD) are prevalent in patients with substanc...
Background: Smoking and nicotine dependence (ND) are prevalent among substance abusers but little is...
Over the past two decades, the use of crack cocaine has become an enduring part of the social ecolog...
Objectives: Cocaine use is increasing and many cocaine users engage in polysubstance use. Within pol...
Crack cocaine is a highly addictive drug. To learn more about crack addiction, long-term crack smoke...
Aims: Although crack cocaine first appeared in cities in the United States in the mid-1980s, little ...
The Diagnostic Interview Schedule for DSM-IV was used to assess the lifetime prevalence of psychiatr...
Disparities in the crack/cocaine discourse have changed drastically since its inception over 30 year...
The goal of this study was to identify factors that predicted drug abuse treatment program entry amo...
Copyright © 2013 Steven Persaud et al.This is an open access article distributed under the Creative ...
The harmful effects of nonmedical cocaine use are well documented, but the overall health of people ...
Depression has been identified as a disorder of clinical significance among cocaine users. Even so, ...
OBJECTIVE: Few diagnostic studies have reported rates of psychiatric comorbidity among cocaine addic...
People who smoke crack cocaine are described as chaotic and more likely to engage in risky sex, poly...
This paper examines how socioeconomic factors contribute to initial use of crack cocaine and to even...
International audienceRationale Behavioral disturbances (BD) are prevalent in patients with substanc...
Background: Smoking and nicotine dependence (ND) are prevalent among substance abusers but little is...
Over the past two decades, the use of crack cocaine has become an enduring part of the social ecolog...
Objectives: Cocaine use is increasing and many cocaine users engage in polysubstance use. Within pol...