NIDA Research Monograph, Number 16 [Printed in 1977]
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Foreword-----v
Executive Summary-----1
Overview
Introduction-----9
Joan Dunne Rittenhouse, Ph.D. 9
Planning Group-----11
Brief Terms of Reference-----12
Lee N. Robins, Ph.D. 12
Selected Themes of the Discussion
Joan Dunne Rittenhouse, Ph.D. 15
The Spectrum of Use: Heroin and Other Narcotics
Estimating Addiction Rates and Locating Target Populations:
How Decomposition into Stages Helps-----25
Lee N. Robins, Ph.D. 25
Notes on the Spectrum of Opiate Use-----40
Robin Room 40
The Race, Class, and Irreversibility Hypotheses:
Myths and Research About Heroin-----52
Bruce D. Johnson, Ph.D. 51
Estimates of User Populations for Heroin and Other Narcotics:
Available Methodologies and Their Limitations
Prevalence of Active Heroin Use in the United States-----61
Leon Gibson Hunt 6 1
A Critique of: Leon Gibson Hunt, "Prevalence of Active Heroin Use
in the United States"-----87
Leroy C. Gould, Ph.D., W. Douglas Thompson 87
Comments on HuntÕs Estimation Procedures-----96
John A. OÕDonnell, Ph.D. 96
Survey Data as Contributors to Estimation-----103
Lloyd D. Johnston, Ph.D. 103
Survey Data as Contributors to Estimatio-----109
John A. OÕDonnell, Ph.D. 109
Estimating the Incidence and Prevalence of Addiction: Why?-----114
Robert G. Newman, M.D., Margot S. Cates 114
Registers as Contributors to Estimation-----117
Irving Rootman, Ph.D. 117
Psychosocial and Biomedical Aspects of Deaths Associated with Heroin
and Other Narcotics-----122
Louis A. Gottschalk, M.D., Frederick L. McGuire, Ph.D.
Narcotics Users, Narcotics Prices, and Criminal Activity:
An Economic Analysis-----130
Fred Goldman, Ph.D.
Heroin Epidemiology and the Demand for Heroin-----137
Lester P. Silverman, Ph.D.
Treated Prevalence
Reflections on the Epidemiology of Heroin and Narcotic Addiction from
the Perspective of Treatment Data-----147
S. B. Sells, Ph.D.
Comments on SellsÕ Paper-----177
Reginald G. Smart, Ph.D.
The Contribution of Treatment Data to Epidemiologic Perspectives
of Narcotic Addiction-----183
Alex Richman, M.D., M.P.H.
Consequences of Use: Heroin and Other Narcotics
Consequences of Use: Heroin and Other Narcotics-----195
Irving F. Lukoff, Ph.D.
Critique of: "Consequences of Use: Heroin and Other Narcotics"-----228
William H. McGlothlin, Ph.D.
Some Comments on Consequences of Chronic Opiate Use-----232
Charles Winick, Ph.D.
Reflections
Reflections on the Stanford Session-----241
Joan Dunne Rittenhouse, Ph.D., Ira H. Cisin, Ph.D.
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