Patterns of Heroin Use

Zinberg, Norman E.; Harding, Wayne M.; Stelmack, Shirley M.; Marblestone, Robert A.

doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1978.tb16759.x

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“…As we have noted elsewhere (Zinberg et al, 1977(Zinberg et al, , 1978b, comparatively little research has been conducted on controlled or, more broadly speaking, occasional use of any illicit drug. Until quite recently, former addicts who established nonaddictive patterns of opiate use received virtually no focused attention by researchers.…”

Section: Related Researchmentioning

confidence: 97%

Formerly-Addicted-Now-Controlled Opiate Users

Harding

Zinberg

Stelmack

1980

International Journal of the Addictions

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Preliminary data are reported on 10 former heroin addicts who have maintained long-term occasional patterns of heroin use. Emphasis is placed on the degree of their past addiction and present control. The implications of the existence of such users for etiological theories, treatment, and further research are discussed.Two of the most pervasive beliefs surrounding heroin are (1) that its continued use inexorably leads to dysfunctional addiction, and (2) that recovery from addiction requires life-long abstinence from illicit heroin use. In earlier papers we reported findings from ongoing research on the controlled nonmedical use of illicit drugs which contradict the first belief (e.g.,

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Section: Related Researchmentioning

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Formerly-Addicted-Now-Controlled Opiate Users

Harding

Zinberg

Stelmack

1980

International Journal of the Addictions

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“…Much research is devoted to understanding and curing drug addiction. Epidemiological data show, however, that the majority of people who consume psychoactive drugs with an addiction potential are not addicts and will never become addicted (Glynn et al 1983;O'Malley & Johnston 2002;Zinberg & Jacobson 1976;Zinberg et al 1978). Of those people who are classified as current alcohol drinkers in the United States, 14.9% are diagnosed as addicts based on the SAMHSA (2005) report.…”

Section: Non-addictive Drug Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Toward an evolutionary basis for resilience to drug addiction

Ahmed¹

2011

Behav Brain Sci

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“…These rules also exist for illicit drugs but are clearly less easy to encounter in their application. What they have in common is that they attempt to control the dose-range of potentially toxic substances and to prevent drug abuse and addiction (Harding & Zinberg 1977;Zinberg et al 1978).…”

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Nonaddictive instrumental drug use: Theoretical strengths and weaknesses

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Gullo²,

Rose³

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The potential to instrumentalize drug use based upon the detection of very many different drug states undoubtedly exists, and such states may play a role in psychiatric and many other drug uses. Nevertheless, nonaddictive drug use is potentially more parsimoniously explained in terms of sensation seeking/impulsivity and drug expectations. Cultural factors also play a major role in nonaddictive drug use.

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Patterns of Heroin Use

Cited by 33 publications

References 23 publications

Formerly-Addicted-Now-Controlled Opiate Users

Formerly-Addicted-Now-Controlled Opiate Users

Toward an evolutionary basis for resilience to drug addiction

Nonaddictive instrumental drug use: Theoretical strengths and weaknesses

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