The Hidden Addiction

A Critical Review of Pentazocine Abuse

“…When we tient's daily dose was immedi-4 days attempting to complete last contacted this patient, he had ately reduced to a 10 mg. tablet detoxification before returning to been paying weekly visits to the twice a day, and again he did not the same pharmacist in an at-outpatient clinic for approxi-experience withdrawal symptoms. (41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47).…”

Status and Role Among Narcotic Addicts: Implications for Treatment Personnel

“…has used more than one narcotic 2. arrested at least once 3. an ongoing criminal activity (hustle) 4. purchased drugs illegally 5. intravenous administration (hypodermic) 6. has suffered withdrawal from narcotics at least ance 7. preferred drug (most frequent) is heroin 8. has sold drugs at least once 9. is found in urban areas This is to distinguish the street addict from medical (Winick, 1961), housewife (Moffet & Chambers, 1970), and other types of addicts (Hamburger, 1969). This paper will not therefore go into a detailed description of street addicts except to summarize those features which would aid in understanding street roles the addicts recognize as desirable.…”