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2709470

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-6
pubmed:abstractText
Despite aggressive efforts to recruit into treatment cocaine users 21 years and younger, we obtained only 12 such clients over a period of 9 months, while recruiting 122 adult cocaine clients during a comparable time frame. An examination of admissions data for the city, state, and nation indicated that our experience was typical. However, data from the most recent national household survey indicate that, to the extent need for treatment is determined by frequency of cocaine use, we should anticipate a much greater proportion of admissions to treatment to come from persons 21 years of age and younger. Yet, there appears to be an under-recruitment of youth into treatment, particularly evidenced by low rates of self-referral for juvenile as compared to older treatment admissions. Younger cocaine users may be less severely impaired and/or dependent, or may be more reluctant to use the treatment resources available. Whatever the barriers are to getting help, it becomes the special task of agencies and individuals in the community to help assure that younger cocaine users will obtain the assistance they need. Four community resources are seen as particularly relevant: family, schools, the medical community, and public agencies in the areas of health, social services, and criminal justice. The capacity of each to take action and possible impediments to that action are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0740-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Kids and cocaine--a treatment dilemma.
pubmed:affiliation
Addiction Research Center, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, Maryland 21224.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article