Addiction & Recovery articles from May 1991

Addiction & Recovery archives from May 1991

Progress in the fight against cocaine. (editorial)
May 1, 1991... In the last several years, we have witnessed a significant drop in cocaine use. While there is still a great deal to accomplish, I am encouraged by the progress in the battle against cocaine. By the end of the first decade of this century,...

South, Midwest shortchanged on federal drug funds? (Washington)
May 1, 1991... According to the GAO's "Drug Treatment -- Targeting Aid to States Using Urban Population as Indicator of Drug Use," decisions on distribution of the federal block grant for drug abuse treatment are based on an assumption that drug abuse is...

Alcoholics are casualties of "war on drugs." (Washington)
May 1, 1991... Former First Lady Betty Ford, co-founder of the Betty Ford Center for addiction treatment in California, returned to Washington in March to testify to the House Select Committee on Aging, subcommittee on health and long-term care. The hearing...

Expectations regarding cocaine use: implications for prevention and treatment.
May 1, 1991... Why do people choose to use -- or not to use -- cocaine? Though the question seems simplistic, the expectations people hold regarding the effects of cocaine form the answer and have implications for both prevention and treatment. ...

Cocaine use in arrestees: a majority of the frequent cocaine users in the United States are contained in the criminal population. (Cover Story)
May 1, 1991... Estimating the number of cocaine users in the country is a worthwhile goal but an extremely difficult task. One must select a valid and representative sample of persons, locate them and measure their drug use. But how can scientists...

Relapse - issues and answers: cocaine, craving and relapse. (column)
May 1, 1991... Cocaine addicts often relapse because they are overwhelmed by the physiological craving of cocaine which is far more powerful than the physiological craving of alcohol or other drugs. As a result, the issue of craving needs to be a primary...

Changes in cocaine use - the United States 1972-1990.
May 1, 1991... Based on the 1990 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) household survey of drug abuse, an estimated 26.8 million people age 12 and older in the U.S. household population have used at least one illicit drug in the past year. Of these, 6.2...

The crack era in New York City. (Cover Story)
May 1, 1991... A drug era is a time-bound, socio-historical period in which a new drug or innovative mode of use is introduced and adopted by large numbers and proportions of persons and becomes institutionalized within segments of the population. A drug...

Cocaine: The End of the Line.
May 1, 1991... The focus of this video is on understanding, preventing and overcoming cocaine addiction. The program examines what cocaine is and how it affects the body, how treatment works and how to recognize cocaine use in others. This realistic...

Cocaine Babies.
May 1, 1991... This realistic video shows the effects of cocaine and track on babies when women use cocaine during pregnancy. It presents information in basic, nontechnical language. Recommended for general audiences. 15 minutes. A companion video,...

AIDS, Not Us.
May 1, 1991... Five youths cope with the struggle of growing up on the streets surrounding a New York housing project. The young men must deal with relationships, loyalties, sexual, decisions, attitudes and the impact of AIDS on the group. Skyman deals...

The Haight Ashbury Training Series, Vol. II.
May 1, 1991... Volume II of this excellent video series is titled "Cocaine: Treatment and Recovery." It consists of three tapes which combine lectures, counseling sessions and interviews. Tape 1, "Withdrawal and Treatment," covers the physiologic and...

Cocaine: recovery issues.
May 1, 1991... In the early 1980s, large numbers of cocaine abusers began to seek assistance from the treatment system. Very little information was available about the dependency produced by cocaine and no treatment protocols were established to address the...

The future treatment of cocaine addiction.
May 1, 1991... Entering the third year of the Bush Administration's "War Against Drugs," the focus now shifts to an emphasis on treatment for drug abuse and addiction. Our need to wage battle on this front is made more difficult by economic hard times and...

Extended stabilization: the future of inpatient treatment.
May 1, 1991... Current restrictions on inpatient care have caused a radical decrease in the length of stay available for most patients. Often, patients are being discharged before they are able to cope with the demands of recovery. Some treatment centers...

Cocaine. (facts about cocaine)(Facts on File)
May 1, 1991... Cocaine is one of the most powerfully addictive drugs of abuse--and it is a drug that can kill. No individual can predict whether he or she will become addicted or whether the next dose of cocaine will prove fatal. Research has shown that...