Abstract
Despite significant reductions, cocaine consumption remains a formidable problem in the 1990s.
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In 1991, 6.4 million people over 12 years old used cocaine within the past year.1
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Among high school seniors in the class of 1991, 7.8% have used cocaine.2
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The cost of treating infants exposed to cocaine is estimated to be $500 million a year.3
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Hospital emergency room mentions of cocaine increased in the first two quarters of 1991 to 47,652 from 41,306 in 1990.4
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Gold, M.S. (1993). Cocaine in the 1990s. In: Cocaine. Drugs of Abuse, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6033-9_1
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