Addictive Behavior

Cocacocaine International

When Amerigo Vespucci landed on the coast of what is now Venezuela in 1499, the first thing he saw was a group of native peoples chewing coca leaf. The captain and most of his crew thought the practice disgusting, but it did not take Spanish colonists long to discover that chewing small amounts of coca leaf gave them more energy. In 1559, the Spanish herbalist and physician Nicholas Monardes, who practiced in the port city of Seville, heard stories about coca and saw the plants collected by...

Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Adam And Adam Ii

The Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) program was a data collection system that evolved from the landmark Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) program of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). DUF collected data from 1987 to 1997 in 23 cities across the United States. It was originally designed to collect interview and bioassay (urine) data from persons within 48 hours of arrest. In a brief interview the program collected information on each arrestee's drug use, including drug-use history and...

Amotivational Syndrome The

Term amotivational syndrome is often used interchangeably with apathy syndrome. Both terms refer to a set of characteristics that have been associated with the use of marijuana, cocaine, and inhalants. Based on experiments conducted in the 1960s and 1970s, amotivational syndrome is characterized by a broad range of symptoms, including general apathy, lethargy, severe reduction in activities, difficulty in carrying out long-term plans, depression, and an inability to concentrate. The condition...

College On Problems Of Drug Dependence Cpdd Inc

The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (Martin W. Adler, Ph.D., Executive Officer, CPDD, Department of Pharmacology, 3420 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140 http views. vcu.edu cpdd ) is the nation's oldest organization devoted to the problem of drug use and addiction. It is an incorporated, not-for-profit, scientific organization that acts independently of both the u.S. government and the pharmaceutical industry while fostering an exchange of knowledge and resources across the...