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Download full textNational Inst. on Drug Abuse (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. – 1991
This pamphlet focuses on cocaine and crack use and the addictive nature of cocaine/crack. It contains a set of 21 questions about crack and cocaine, each accompanied by a clear and complete response. Interspersed throughout the booklet are photographs and quotes from former cocaine or crack users/addicts. Questions and answers focus on what…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Crack, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction
Fredlund, Eric V.; And Others – 1990
This project is part of a multi-year program to gather detailed information about substance-use patterns among Texans. Investigators interviewed a total of 946 youths, age 10 to 17, as they entered Texas Youth Commission (TYC) reception facilities. Results show that 81% of TYC youth have used illicit substances--51% in their last month on the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cocaine, Crack, Drinking
Meth, Marcia; Chalmers, Rebecca – 2002
The report aims to describe chronic drug users, emerging drugs, new routes of administration, varying use patterns, changing demand for treatment, drug-related criminal activity, drug markets, and shifts in supply and distribution patterns. Pulse Check regularly addresses four drugs of serious concern: heroin, crack cocaine/powder cocaine,…
Descriptors: Adults, Cocaine, Counseling, Drug Addiction
Meth, Marcia; Chalmers, Rebecca; Bassin, Gail – 2001
This report serves as a source of information on drug abuse and drug markets. It aims to describe drug-abusing populations; emerging drugs; new routes of administration; varying use patterns; changing demand for treatment; drug-related criminal activity; and shifts in supply and distribution patterns. It is not designed to be used as a law…
Descriptors: Adults, Cocaine, Counseling, Drug Addiction
Gordon, Susan M. – 2000
This report highlights the important trends in adolescent drug use. Although the focus is on the abuse of alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and inhalants, it is important to remember that adolescents abuse a wide range and combination of drugs. This report also addresses state-of-the-art treatment methods, and summarizes research on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Cocaine, Drinking
Bourgois, Philippe – 1991
This paper contains ethnographic participant-observation field notes taken on a one-night visit to a "shooting gallery" in East Harlem (New York City) along with background information and commentary. East Harlem, also referred to as "El Barrio" or Spanish Harlem, is a 200-square block neighborhood on the upper East Side of…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cocaine, Crack, Crime
