摘要:

This paper discusses alcohol use among methadone maintenance clients and narcotics users not in treatment. The data are derived from the Tri-State Ethnographic Project, a study of four methadone maintenance clinics in three states. Data indicate that methadone clients consume more alcohol than comparable age groups in the general population, but not more alcohol than narcotics users not in treatment. For a portion of the treatment population, however, heavy drinking presents significant problems. Sixteen percent of the treatment sample were found to be abusive pattern drinkers; that is, persons who report not only drinking heavily but also spending a great deal of time hanging out on the street, getting high, and consuming many other additional drugs. These abusive pattern drinkers reflect a pattern of polydrug use which began in their early teens and report multiple unsuccessful treatment attempts.

ISSN:0095-2990    

DOI:10.3109/00952998609083749

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1986

数据来源: Taylor

摘要:

The association between AIDS and intravenous drug abuse is emerging as a critical component of the AIDS epidemic due to several factors: (1) the high rate of infection of this group with the HTLV-III virus-approximately 50%; (2) the risk of infection to others through shared needles, sexual contact, and intrauterine transmission to the fetus; and (3) the impact of large numbers of new cases of AIDS among addicts on the health care services of a few urban areas. This paper outlines the projected dimensions of the AIDS epidemic among intravenous drug abusers in New York City and its implications for hospital utilization and local health care expenditures. These considerations indicate the urgent need for a rapid expansion of addiction treatment services and modification of treatment objectives to deal with this new problem.

ISSN:0095-2990    

DOI:10.3109/00952998609083750

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1986

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0095-2990    

DOI:10.3109/00952998609083751

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1986

数据来源: Taylor