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NCJ Number:	NCJ 042961
Title:	CONSEQUENCES OF USE - HEROIN AND OTHER NARCOTICS
Author(s):	I F LUK0FF
Corporate Author:	Columbia University School of Social Work United States
Sponsoring Agency:	US Dept of Justice LEAA National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice United States US Dept of Health, and Human Services National Institutes of Health United States US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub United States
Publication Date:	1976
Pages:	69
Origin:	United States
Language:	English
Grant No.:	N1-71-046; 722-N1-99-099; 5R18 DAO1103
Annotation:	THE THEME OF THIS PAPER IS THAT DRUG ADDICTION IS NOT ALWAYS A CONSEQUENCE OF USING HEROIN OR OTHER OPIATES. CONTINUOUS ADDICTION IS NOT INEVITABLE, AND MANY REGULAR USERS CAN MODULATE OR CEASE USING DRUGS VOLUNTARILY.
Abstract:	INFORMATION IS PRESENTED THAT WAS DERIVED FROM THE NATIONAL NARCOTICS REGISTER AND FROM A HIGH DRUG USE GHETTO COMMUNITY. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE OVERALL PROBLEM OF RATES OF HEROIN USE ARE DISCUSSED, ALONG WITH THE ACCOMPANYING EVIDENCE THAT FEWER PEOPLE ARE COMPULSIVELY USING HARD DRUGS. A BIBLIOGRAPHY SUPPLEMENTS THE TEXT...KAP
Index Term(s):	Drug dependence ; Drug abuse ; Drug use ; Drug information
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