Proceedings of a conference of experts on cocaine addiction, this early volume documents the devastating effects of crack, then a new cocaine preparation, and its extraordinary addicting properties. The Bahamian experience with crack provided an early warning about the extreme personal and social dangers of this drug .
Proceedings of a conference of experts on cocaine addiction, this early volume documents the devastating effects of crack, then a new cocaine preparation, and its extraordinary addicting properties. The Bahamian experience with crack provided an early warning about the extreme personal and social dangers of this drug .
Introductory Chapters.- History of Cocaine.- Modes of Use, Precursors, and Indicators of Cocaine Abuse.- The Implications of Crack.- The Consumer Society: The American Experience.- Cocaine: The American Experience.- Cocaine: Drug Epidemic of the '80's.- The Self-Medication Hypothesis of Addictive Disorders: Focus on Heroin and Cocaine Dependence.- Psychotherapy for Cocaine Abusers.- Public Health Approaches to the Cocaine Problem: Lessons From The Bahamas.- The Trans-Shipment Societies: The Caribbean Experience.- The Bahamas and Drug Abuse.- Epidemic Freebase Cocaine Abuse: A Case Study From The Bahamas.- Drug Abuse 1975-1985: Clinical Perspectives of the Bahamian Experience of Illegal Substances.- Cocaine Psychosis.- Cocaine and the Bahamian Woman: Treatment Issues.- Treatment Approaches to Cocaine Abuse and Dependency in The Bahamas.- Cocaine Update.- The Producer Societies: The South American Experience.- Somatic Disorders Associated with the Abuse of Coca Paste and Cocaine Hydrochloride.- Coca Paste Effects in Bolivia.- Cocaine and Basuco: An Overview of Colombia, 1985.- Working Towards the Future: A Challenge for Change.- Cocaine Addiction: A Socio-Ethical Perspective.- Epilogue: A Vision of Hope.- About the Editor.- Contributors.
Introductory Chapters.- History of Cocaine.- Modes of Use, Precursors, and Indicators of Cocaine Abuse.- The Implications of Crack.- The Consumer Society: The American Experience.- Cocaine: The American Experience.- Cocaine: Drug Epidemic of the '80's.- The Self-Medication Hypothesis of Addictive Disorders: Focus on Heroin and Cocaine Dependence.- Psychotherapy for Cocaine Abusers.- Public Health Approaches to the Cocaine Problem: Lessons From The Bahamas.- The Trans-Shipment Societies: The Caribbean Experience.- The Bahamas and Drug Abuse.- Epidemic Freebase Cocaine Abuse: A Case Study From The Bahamas.- Drug Abuse 1975-1985: Clinical Perspectives of the Bahamian Experience of Illegal Substances.- Cocaine Psychosis.- Cocaine and the Bahamian Woman: Treatment Issues.- Treatment Approaches to Cocaine Abuse and Dependency in The Bahamas.- Cocaine Update.- The Producer Societies: The South American Experience.- Somatic Disorders Associated with the Abuse of Coca Paste and Cocaine Hydrochloride.- Coca Paste Effects in Bolivia.- Cocaine and Basuco: An Overview of Colombia, 1985.- Working Towards the Future: A Challenge for Change.- Cocaine Addiction: A Socio-Ethical Perspective.- Epilogue: A Vision of Hope.- About the Editor.- Contributors.
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`Excellent professional survey of crack and cocaine addiction' Joseph Schulman (Oxford, MD USA), September 11, 1997
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