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800-COCAINE: origin, significance, and findings.
1Fair Oaks Hospital, Summit, New Jersey.
The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
|March 1, 1988
Summary
The 1-800 COCAINE hotline has aided over two million individuals, offering crucial data on cocaine addiction trends and consequences. This resource confirms cocaine abuse as an illness and serves as a vital primary prevention tool.
Area of Science:
- Addiction Medicine
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
Background:
- The 1-800 COCAINE hotline has been a significant resource for over two decades.
- It has collected extensive data on callers seeking help for cocaine use.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze epidemiologic data from hotline callers.
- To understand trends, consequences, and the nature of cocaine addiction.
Main Methods:
- Data collection from over two million callers to the 1-800 COCAINE hotline.
- Analysis of caller demographics, usage patterns, and reported consequences.
Main Results:
- Increasing proportion of female callers since 1983.
- Decreasing average age and income of callers since 1983.
- Documented social and medical consequences, confirming addiction as an illness.
Conclusions:
- 1-800 COCAINE provides valuable insights into cocaine addiction trends.
- The hotline serves as a critical data source for addiction research.
- Its existence and name recognition function as a primary prevention initiative.