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An 11‐year Follow‐up of a Network of Cocaine Users
Author(s) -
MURPHY SHEIGLA B.,
REINARMAN CRAIG,
WALDORF DAN
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb00586.x
Subject(s) - addiction , cocaine abuse , cocaine use , substance abuse , psychology , exploratory research , outcome (game theory) , exploratory analysis , psychiatry , computer science , data science , mathematics , mathematical economics , sociology , anthropology
Summary This paper presents findings from an exploratory 11‐year follow‐up study of a small network of cocaine users. These findings suggest that while serious abuse potential exists, addiction is not a uniform outcome of sustained use and that long‐term controlled use is possible. In all, four types of career use pattern are described, in addition to one case of regular abuse. These data also suggest the importance of user norms and informal social controls in mitigating against the force of pharmacological and physiological factors leading toward dependence or addiction.