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Snarr, Richard W.; Ball, John C. – 1969
The study investigated the life career of a sample of native Puerto Rican narcotic addicts who were treated at the Lexington, Kentucky Public Health Service Hospital. Specifically, it deals with the relationship between the addicts' involvement in a drug subculture and their subsequent drug use and abstinence. The hypothesis presented states that…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Therapy, Ethnic Groups
McKee, Michael R. – 1972
This is a study of drug abuse attitudes and knowledge in "Middle America". A random sample of teachers, parents, police, mental health clinic workers, ministers, and high school students (both drug users and non-users) were interviewed and tested to ascertain their attitudes and knowledge regarding drugs. The findings are that drug users, in…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Education
Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools, CA. – 1972
Presented is the fourth component of a special day class program for drug dependent minors, Drug Information for Educators, Parents, and Students. The first section, intended for educators, includes a drug abuse chart, information on the drug subculture, information on patterns of drug abuse and misconceptions about drugs, and suggested activities…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Education
Case, Helen E. – 1972
This is a 1972 report of the NEA Task Force on Drug Education. Because of the critical proportion which drug misuse has reached in the United States, the federal government has undertaken a major national leadership role in drug education. More than a quarter of a billion dollars will be spent over the next five years in education, rehabilitation,…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Education, Drug Legislation
Petersen, Robert C., Ed. – 1972
This report studies the effects of marihuana on the individual's physical and psychological health, as well as the effects of cannibas use on the society. A major purpose of this report is to serve as an up-to-date compendium of scientific information bearing on the issue of marihuana and health. In order to make the report maximally useful to the…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Legislation, Foreign Culture

Basham, Richard – Human Organization, 1977
An examination of America's attempts to cope with the problem of heroin (and other drug) addiction must proceed through an analysis of the basic responses to the problem--penal, behavioral and medical--from two quite different, and frequently conflicting, vantage points: that of the individual addict and that of the society as a whole. (Author/NQ)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction
Gay, George R.; And Others – Drug Forum: The Journal of Human Issues, 1977
The current study was undertaken to review common streetlore of the drug-using counterculture of the 1970's, through applying sound pharmacologic and sociologic principle, to clarify and sort out misapprehension and contradiction from reality. Presented at the First International Symposium on the Pharmacology of Sexual Behaviour, Sardinia, June…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Research Projects
Newmeyer, John A. – Drug Forum: The Journal of Human Issues, 1977
This paper derives from a study of sexual practices and drug use of clients of the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinics in San Francisco, California. A separate paper described how "junkie" and "nonjunkie" portions of this sample differed. The present paper attempts a similar analysis of "straight" and "gay"…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction

Galea, Robert P.; And Others – Social Work, 1988
Describes voluntary testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a residential substance abuse treatment program; highlights discussion group involving 5 clients who tested positive for HIV. Notes that clients in HIV groups dropped out of treatment at significantly lower percentages than clients in general, indicating HIV identification…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Dropouts, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation
Hawkins, J. David; And Others – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1985
Reviews the etiology of chemical use and abuse among children and adolescents. Discusses progression of youth drug behavior from initial to occasional and/or regular use. Identifies the following predictors of chemical abuse: (1) antisocial behavior; (2) school acquiescence; (3) peer influence; and (4) age at onset of use. (Author/LHW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Children, Drug Abuse
Wallack, Lawrence – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1985
Presents a series of principles which foster an integrated approach to prevention, and places the role of mass communications in that framework. Television programming, advertising, and mass media campaigns can all be used in an effort to change the message environment in which individuals behave. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction

Nicholi, Armand M., Jr. – Journal of American College Health, 1984
The use of cocaine has become a significant part of the recreational drug scene among college students. A historical overview of cocaine is presented that begins with the history of the coca plant and includes discussion of how prominent physicians experimented with the drug on themselves and their patients. (Author/DF)
Descriptors: College Students, Drug Addiction, Drug Use, Higher Education

Kahn, Robert B.; And Others – Journal of Drug Education, 1976
In May, 1974, Fresno County's Narcotic Abuse Treatment Program began a twenty-one-day outpatient methadone detoxification treatment modality. The results of the evaluation suggested an alternative treatment modality. The purpose of this paper is to examine this alternative treatment modality, its characteristics, its therapeutic outcomes and the…
Descriptors: Clinics, Counseling, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction
Horne, Lianne – 1997
Experiential activities provide each participant with the ability to see, feel, and experience whatever therapeutic issue the facilitator is addressing, and usually much more. This paper presents experiential activities to address the 12 steps of recovery adopted from Alcoholics Anonymous. These 12 steps are used worldwide for many other recovery…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Counseling, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation

Kozel, Nicholas J.; Brown, Barry S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1973
Questionnaires eliciting opinions concerning seven aspects of real or potential counselor responsibility in addiction treatment were given to ex-addict counselors, nonaddict counselors, program administrators, and clients in treatment. Ex-addict and non-addict counselors working in the same programs come to have a common view of the counseling…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Education, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role