Ronald K. Siegel reviewed literature on cocaine use from 1970 to 1983. A longitudinal study tracked 99 social-recreational users from 1975 to 1983, documenting patterns of use, escalation, and adverse reactions. By 1983, 50 users remained in the study, with half showing escalated use patterns and varying levels of physical and psychological crises.
Use Cases
- Modeling transitions from social to compulsive cocaine use based on longitudinal user trajectories.
- Analyzing risk factors for dependency and toxicity based on patterns of dosage and chronicity.
- Studying self-initiated treatment strategies like controlled use or short-term abstinence mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Longitudinal design tracking 99 users over an 8-year period from 1975 to 1983.
- Detailed breakdown of user outcomes, including 25 social users, 16 circumstantial-situational users, 4 intensified users, and 5 compulsive users.
Limitations
- Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 1970-1983 study period and the paperswithcode platform.
Provenance
- Source
- Ronald K. Siegel
- Collection Method
- Literature review and longitudinal observation study.
- Time Range
- 1970-1983 (review), 1975-1983 (longitudinal study)