Ciba Foundation Symposium 166 - Cocaine: Scientific and Social Dimensions

Copyright © Ciba Foundation 1992

Ciba Foundation Symposium 166 - Cocaine: Scientific and Social Dimensions

Editor(s): Gregory R. Bock, Julie Whelan

Published Online: 28 SEP 2007

Print ISBN: 9780471931799

Online ISBN: 9780470514245

DOI: 10.1002/9780470514245

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Cocaine poses interesting problems for neurophysiologists and neuropharmacologists and there is important new data on the effects of cocaine on the brain (its initial site of action at the cellular level now appearing to be the dopamine transporter). Includes chapters on the far-reaching toxic effects of cocaine, on the epidemiology and the economics of drug addiction, on the past and present use of cocaine in the U.S. and in South America, and on the moral issues raised by drug use and abuse.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–ix)

    2. Cocaine in Perspective (pages 1–6)

      Griffith Edwards

    3. Cocaine's History, Especially the American Experience (pages 7–19)

      David F. Musto

    4. Epidemiological Research on Cocaine Use in the USA (pages 20–39)

      James C. Anthony

    5. Cocaine Problems in the Coca-Growing Countries of South America (pages 40–56)

      J. C. Negrete

    6. Are there 'Casual Users' of Cocaine? (pages 57–80)

      C. D. Kaplan, B. Bieleman and W. D. TenHouten

    7. Molecular Pharmacology of Cocaine: A Dopamine Hypothesis and its Implications (pages 81–95)

      Michael J. Kuhar

    8. The Neurobiology of Cocaine-Induced Reinforcement (pages 96–124)

      H. C. Fibiger, A. G. Phillips and E. E. Brown

    9. How Toxic is Cocaine? (pages 125–148)

      Neal L. Benowitz

    10. Determinants of Cocaine Self-Administration by Laboratory Animals (pages 149–164)

      William L. Woolverton

    11. Self-Administration of Cocaine by Humans: A Laboratory Perspective (pages 165–194)

      Marian W. Fischman and Richard W. Foltin

    12. Treatment of Cocaine Abuse: Pharmacotherapy (pages 195–206)

      Herbert D. Kleber

    13. Psychotherapy for Cocaine Dependence (pages 207–223)

      Charles P. O'Brien, A. Thomas McLellan, Arthur Alterman and Anna Rose Childress

    14. Alternative Strategies (pages 224–241)

      Reese T. Jones

    15. The Economics of Drug Use and Abuse (pages 242–260)

      Alan Maynard

    16. Formulating Policies on the Non-Medical Use of Cocaine (pages 261–276)

      Harold Kalant

    17. Drug Use and Abuse: The Ethical Issues (pages 277–293)

      Brenda Almond

    18. Summing-Up (pages 294–295)

      Griffith Edwards

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      Index of Contributors (pages 296–297)

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      Subject Index (pages 298–306)

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