Freebase cocaine and memory.
Despite the seriousness of acute medical and psychological consequences of cocaine abuse, little knowledge exists about the chronic effects of the drug. Investigation of a sample of abstinent freebase (crack) abusers in the Bahamas provides the first research evidence that prolonged cocaine abuse may result in persistent short-term memory disturbances.
Manschreck
T C
TC
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge 02114.
Schneyer
M L
ML
Weisstein
C C
CC
Laughery
J
J
Rosenthal
J
J
Celada
T
T
Berner
J
J
D000328:Adult; D003042:Cocaine / Q000009:adverse effects; D003071:Cognition / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000187:drug effects*; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012153:Retention, Psychology / Q000187:drug effects; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*
D003042:Cocaine