The crack cocaine problem. A warning from North America.
This article describes crack cocaine and its adverse clinical and public health effects. Although crack cocaine does not yet constitute a major drug problem in the Nordic countries, heed should be paid to North America where crack cocaine has developed into a serious and widespread problem only a few years after its introduction. In spite of highly publicized efforts to limit its spread, after a small decline in 1990, the use of crack cocaine is once again increasing. Strong efforts should therefore be made to keep this substance away from the Nordic countries.
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Dept of epidemiology and biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D016578:Crack Cocaine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000209:etiology; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology
D016578:Crack Cocaine