The toxicities of cocaine are far‐ranging. They include sudden death, acute medical and
psychiatric illness, infectious complications, reproductive disturbances, trauma, criminal …

This monograph, reviewing the pharmacology, behavioral effects, and the treatment of
cocaine abuse, appears at a time of intensifying concern regarding what appears to be an …

Cocaine abuse has produced a major epidemic health problem in North America in the
1980s. The abuse of cocaine is maintained by the drug's effects on brain reward systems …

The significant public health issue involving cocaine is:" What are the consequences of
cocaine use?" This question has received a variety of inconsistent answers during the last …

There has been a dramatic rise in the number of adverse medical effects related to cocaine
abuse since the widespread introduction of crystallized freebase cocaine or “crack” in the …

Recent widespread abuse of cocaine has resulted in an alarming increase in emergency
department admissions for acute treatment of this toxic drug. Highly publicised cocaine …

Cocaine creates a strong physical addiction and is becoming recognized as one of the most
dangerous illicit drugs abused today. The myth is that cocaine is harmless and nonaddictive …

STEVEN 6. KARCH, MD. l 'he number of Americans who use cocaine is increasing.'I 'he
National Institute on Drug, 4buse (NIDA) estimates that there were 5: l million cocaine users …

In the study of cocaine, epidemiology offers a way to reckon the experience of human
populations, from time to time, from region to region, from community to community, and from …

The amount of positive cocaine results in an urban emergency department are staggering.
The ages of use are becoming more common in older age groups. Most of these patients …