Epidemic Freebase Cocaine Abuse: A Case Study from the Bahamas

  • Jekel J
  • Allen D
  • Podlewski H
  • et al.
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report a change in cocaine use in the Bahamas that meets the epidemiologic criteria for an epidemic of cocaine abuse study . . . initiated by physicians in the Bahamas / various data sources were examined retrospectively to determine the size and character of the drug problem to decide the accuracy of the clinical perception of a recent large increase in cocaine-related admissions to psychiatric facilities Community Psychiatry Clinic (CPC) / Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre (SRC) mode of cocaine use / clinical spectrum / demographic characteristics (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). (chapter)

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Jekel, J. F., Allen, D. F., Podlewski, H., Clarke, N., Dean-Patterson, S., & Cartwright, P. (1987). Epidemic Freebase Cocaine Abuse: A Case Study from the Bahamas. In The Cocaine Crisis (pp. 125–132). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1837-8_11

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