[Clinical features of cocnar addiction]

Some peculiarities of clinical manifestations of cocnar addiction were studied in 172 patients of Shimkent narcologic outpatient clinic (South Kazakhstan). A comparison of cocnar addiction with one caused by administration of chemically processed raw opium was made in 302 patients. It was established that cocnar addiction is characterised by slow development, slow progression of the disease. The age of most of such patients was more than 70 years (in group which abused raw opium--less than 40). Cocnar addiction was characterised by longer duration of the disease (up to 33 years), while in case of raw opium abuse its duration was mainly till 5 years. Compared to raw opium abuse stage III of the disease was less frequent, (9.8 and 29.8% respectively). Working capacity was preserved longer in cocnar addiction, and such patients were less inclined to commit criminal actions. The attention is paid to possibility of both "rejuvenation" and increase of the progredient course of cocnar addiction in conditions of its spreading.