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Trends in Demographic Characteristics and Patterns of Drug Use of Clients Admitted to Drug Abuse Treatment Programs for Cocaine Abuse in Selected States: Cocaine Client Admissions 1979-1984

NCJ Number
142150
Date Published
1987
Length
81 pages
Annotation
Using data based on a panel of 596 State-monitored drug abuse treatment programs located in 15 States which consistently report client treatment admission data to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, this report discusses trends in admissions of clients with a cocaine problem.
Abstract
The report's introductory chapter describes the growth of cocaine as a substance of abuse, the data source and panel selection criteria for the study, the composition of the panel, various categorizations of cocaine-related admissions to panel programs, and the limitations of the data. The study considered trends in the demographic characteristics of primary cocaine clients admitted to these programs throughout the 6-year period. The six demographic variables studied include State, sex, race or ethnic group, age at admission, employment status, and last formal year of schooling completed. The third chapter examines changes in the drug use patterns of primary cocaine users, focusing on frequency of use, route of administration, number of prior treatment experiences, years between first use and first admission, age at first use, source of referral, and secondary drug problem. 28 tables, 4 figures, and 2 appendixes