Use of Stimulant/Depressant Drugs by Drug Abuse Clients in Selected Metropolitan Areas

1 January 1981

journal article
Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of the Addictions

Vol. 16 (8) , 1473-1490
https://doi.org/10.3109/10826088109039198

Abstract

Survey was made of reported nonmedical use of prescription stimulant/ depressant drugs among 427 consecutive admissions to 30 clinics in five urban areas. 36% both of all admissions and of all opiate users reported nonmedical use of stimulant/depressant drugs in the preceding year and 21% of each of the two groups reported such use in the preceding month. Drugs were about as likely to be obtained through street buys as through prescriptions.

Keywords

DRUG ABUSE

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Use of Alcohol by Addict and Nonaddict Populations
American Journal of Psychiatry, 1973