NIDA Research Monograph, Number 2 [Printed in 1975]
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Table of Contents
Foreword-----V
Introduction-----1
History of Drug Use-----7
Lee N. Robins
Functional Taxonomy of Drugs-----12
Mildred Bateman
Definition of Addiction Liability Associated with Different Patterns of Drug Use-----17
Roger E. Meyer
Measures of Currency or Recency (In Drug Use Surveys)-----25
Louise Richards and Ira H. Cisin
The Measurement of "Ever Use" and "Frequency-Quantity" (in Drug Use Surveys)-----27
Denise Kandel
Defining the Term "Polydrug Use"-----36
Lloyd Johnston
Conditions of Drug Use-----49
Gail A. Crawford
Some Words of Caution on Subjective Concepts: "Interest in Trying, Maintaining or Changing Use," "Reasons for Use," "Reasons for Non-Use"-----43
Robert H. Eichberg
Effects of Drug Use-----46
John O'Donnell
Appendix A: Operational Definitions Used in Recent Socio-Behavioral
Research on Drugs-----49
Appendix B: Examples of Questionnaires-----93
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