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Cessation from cocaine use

H R White1, M E Bates

  • 1Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08855-0969, USA.

Addiction (Abingdon, England)
|July 1, 1995
PubMed
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This study found that social learning factors, like friends' drug use and negative consequences, strongly influence young people to stop using cocaine. Married individuals with children were more likely to cease cocaine use.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Addiction Studies
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Cocaine use remains a significant public health concern among adolescents and young adults.
  • Understanding factors associated with cessation is crucial for developing effective interventions.
  • Previous research has explored various predictors of substance use cessation, but longitudinal studies in non-clinical populations are valuable.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify factors differentiating cocaine cessation from continued use in a sample of American adolescents and young adults.
  • To examine the role of social learning variables, lifestyle characteristics, and drug use patterns in cocaine cessation.
  • To compare cocaine stoppers and users at a three-year follow-up point.

Main Methods:

  • A longitudinal study design tracking a non-clinical sample of American adolescents and young adults over three time points.

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  • Comparison of cocaine stoppers (n=104) and current users (n=267) at the final time point.
  • Assessment of demographic variables, patterns of substance use (alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes, cocaine, other drugs), lifestyle characteristics, social learning variables (peer associations, experienced consequences), and dependency symptoms.

    • Main Results:

    • Cocaine stoppers and users exhibited similar substance use patterns at earlier time points, but users showed higher frequencies of alcohol, marijuana, and other drug use at the final time point.
    • Individuals who stopped cocaine use were more likely to be married and have children, irrespective of their career or school status.
    • Differential associations (friends' drug use) and perceived negative consequences were most strongly linked to cocaine cessation.
    • Cocaine users reported more dependency symptoms compared to those who stopped use.

    Conclusions:

    • Social learning factors, specifically peer influence and experienced negative consequences, play a significant role in facilitating cocaine cessation among young people.
    • Marital status and parenthood may be associated with a greater likelihood of discontinuing cocaine use.
    • The findings provide partial support for social learning theories in the context of substance use cessation and highlight the importance of social and environmental factors in recovery.