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Upswing in cocaine use not matched with growth in treatment options
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32260
Subject(s) - polysubstance dependence , stimulant , methamphetamine , officer , cocaine use , psychiatry , psychology , medicine , substance abuse , political science , law
Ominous signs in the latest data around the re‐emergence of cocaine and methamphetamine have Recovery Centers of America (RCA) Chief Scientific Officer Deni Carise, Ph.D., highly concerned. While she says the Northeast and Mid‐Atlantic treatment organization's facilities are not now seeing an influx of patients with stimulant dependence alone, the increased prevalence of polysubstance use with cocaine is among the issues meriting attention.