Cocaine use in America: epidemiologic and clinical perspectives.

This monograph is based on papers presented at a technical review of patterns of cocaine use in the United States which was held in 1984. The foreword by Jerome H. Jaffe acknowledges that, over the past 10 years, cocaine has become a major public health threat in this country. Papers contained in this monograph include: (1) "Cocaine Use in America: Introduction and Overview" by Edgar H. Adams and Nicholas J. Kozel; (2) "Cocaine Use in the United States: In a Blizzard or Just Being Snowed?" by Richard R. Clayton; (3) "A Decade of Trends in Cocaine Use in the Household Population" by Herbert I. Abelson and Judith Droitcour Miller; (4) "Cocaine Use Among American Adolescents and Young Adults" by Patrick M. O'Malley, Lloyd D. Johnston, and Jerald G. Bachman; (5) "Cocaine Use in Young Adulthood: Patterns of Use and Psychosocial Correlates" by Denise B. Kandel, Debra Murphy, and Daniel Karus; (6) "Patterns and Consequences of Cocaine Use" by Dale D. Chitwood; (7) "Cocaine Abuse: Neurochemistry, Phenomenology, and Treatment" by Mark S. Gold, Arnold N. Washton, and Charles A. Dackis; (8) "Reinforcement and Rapid Delivery Systems: Understanding Adverse Consequences of Cocaine" by Sidney Cohen; (9) "Characteristics of Humans Volunteering for a Cocaine Research Project" by C.R. Schuster and M.W. Fischman; (10) "Characteristics of Cocaine Abusers Presenting for Treatment" by Sidney H. Schnoll, Judy Kerrigan, Sarah B. Kitchen, Amid Daghestani, and Thomas Hansen; (11) "Cocaine Use in a Treatment Population: Patterns and Diagnostic Distinctions" by Frank H. Gawin and Herbert D. Kleber; (12) "Cocaine: Treatment Perspectives" by Donald R. Wesson and David E. Smith; (13) "New Patterns of Cocaine Use: Changing Doses and Routes" by Ronald K. Siegel; and (14) "Cocaine Use in America: Summary of Discussions and Recommendations" by Nicholas J. Kozel and Edgar H. Adams. The document concludes with a list of National Institute on Drug Abuse research monographs. (NB) Pr National .c Institute on co Drug N