Demographic Factors Associated with Negro Opiate Addiction

A Decision-Making Approach to Opioid Addiction

“…There is almost complete agreement among studies that opioid use is typically initiated in the company of friends. Chambers et al (1968) found that 89% of a sample of 155 black addicts treated at the Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky were introduced to heroin by a peer. Stephens and McBride (1976) discovered that three quarters of their sample had been initiated to opioid use by friends or groups with whom the individual identified.…”

The Drug Arres

“…Rican (Ball, 1965;Ball and Cottrell, 1965;Ball et al, 1966;Chambers et al, 1968;Chambers et al, 1970;Ball and Chambers, 1970). There exists, however, a paucity of research data on the demographic characteristics of those persons arrested for violation of different kinds of drug laws.…”

Comparison of Female Opiate Addicts Admitted to Lexington Hospital in 1961 and 1967

“…Bates (9) and Chambers and associates (10) have provided descriptions of white and Negro addicts. Southern white addicts have been the subject of an extensive s t u d y by O'Donnell (11,12) and O'Donnell and associates (13).…”