Remission From Drug Abuse Over a 25-Year Period: Patterns of Remission and Treatment Use

July 1, 2001
By: Price, R.K.; Risk,N.K.; Spitznagel,E.L.
American Journal of Public Health; 91(7); 1107-1113; 2001
ABSTRACT:
OBJECTIVES: Using an epidemiologically obtained sample, we examined
patterns of illicit drug use, abuse, and remission over a 25-year
period and recent treatment use.
METHODS: The surviving members of the cohort (n = 841), previously
surveyed in 1972 and 1974, comprised 3 subsamples of Vietnam War
enlisted [...]