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The Cocaine Crisis

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. David F. Allen

    1. National Drug Council, Nassau, Bahamas

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Table of contents (21 papers)

  1. The Producer Societies: The South American Experience

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. Somatic Disorders Associated with the Abuse of Coca Paste and Cocaine Hydrochloride

      • F. Raul Jeri
      Pages 177-190

    3. Coca Paste Effects in Bolivia

      • Nils D. Noya
      Pages 191-197

    4. Cocaine and Basuco: An Overview of Colombia, 1985

      • Augusto Perez Gomez
      Pages 199-204

  2. Working Towards the Future: A Challenge for Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. Cocaine Addiction: A Socio-Ethical Perspective

      • David F. Allen
      Pages 207-219

    3. Epilogue: A Vision of Hope

      • David F. Allen
      Pages 221-224

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 225-253
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About this book

Proceedings of a conference of experts on cocaine addiction, this early volume documents the devastating effects of crack, then a new cocaine preparation, and its extraordinary addicting properties. The Bahamian experience with crack provided an early warning about the extreme personal and social dangers of this drug .

Reviews

`Excellent professional survey of crack and cocaine addiction'
Joseph Schulman (Oxford, MD USA), September 11, 1997

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Drug Council, Nassau, Bahamas

    David F. Allen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Cocaine Crisis

  • Editors: David F. Allen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1837-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-42482-3Due: 01 January 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9026-1Published: 22 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-1837-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 242

  • Topics: Public Health, Behavioral Sciences

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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