This monograph consists of eight papers which refer in one way or another to the pharmacology of cocaine. The papers are: (1) Cocaine 1984: Introduction and Overview" (John Grabowski); (2) "Cocaine: A Growing Public Health Problem" (Edgar H. Adams and Jack Durell); (3) "Neural Mechanisms of the Reinforcing Action of Cocaine" (Roy A. Wise); (4) "The Pharmacology of Cocaine" (Reese T. Jones); (5) "Assessment of the Dependence Potential of Cocaine in Animals" (Chris E. Johanson); (6) "The Behavioral Pharmacology of Cocaine in Humans" (Marian W. Fischman); (7) "Changing Patterns of Cocaine Use: Longitudinal Observations, Consequences, and Treatment" (Ronald K. Siegel); and (8) "Cocaine Abuse: A Review of Current and Experimental Treatments" (Herbert D. Kleber and Frank H. Gawin). References, some of them extensive, are included for each paper. A list of National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) research monographs is included. (JN)