title: Longitudinal studies of drug abuse in a fifteen-year-old population. 4. Chronic drug abusers.
abstract: In the Gothenburg year cohort of 1953 1% of the men and 0.2% of the women were registered for chronic drug abuse through 1979. An early début and a polydrug abuse with emphasis on intravenous abuse of central stimulants but not opiates were found. Compared with matched individuals who were unregistered for drug abuse, chronic drug abusers had a large over-consumption of psychiatric and social care. Their registered criminality was higher, they were more often sick-listed and had lower incomes than the controls. The prevalence and overall impairment of chronic abusers are similar to those of schizophrenics.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology; D003415:Crime; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000453:epidemiology; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012997:Solvents; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D012997:Solvents