Citation

Nambudiri DE, Young RC. J. Subst. Abuse Treat. 1991; 8(4): 253-255.

Affiliation

Division of Geriatric Services, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1787549

Abstract

While rapidly spreading "crack" addiction is a major concern in our community, current research in this area is focused mainly on adolescents and young adults. We discuss a case of crack addiction developing for the first time in an elderly person and subsequent complications. We believe no such cases have been previously reported. We hope this will be helpful to practicing clinicians and stimulate research to understand cocaine and crack abuse patterns in the elderly.

Language: en