Nurco D N, Cisin I H, Balter M B
Int J Addict. 1981 Dec;16(8):1357-72. doi: 10.3109/10826088109039191.
A study of Baltimore narcotic addicts who have come to the attention of authorities during a 25-year period provides the basis for an analysis of changes across time in the personal characteristics and life-style attributes of the addict population. Trends are presented wih respect to (1) racial composition, (2) social status, (3) residential stability, (4) educational attainment, (5) occupational stability, (6) juvenile delinquency, (7) criminality, (8) age at onset of addiction, and (9) drug of choice. Also examined are changes in the distributional composition of a typology of addict careers based on concepts of opportunity and motivation to use narcotics.
一项对25年间引起当局注意的巴尔的摩麻醉品成瘾者的研究，为分析成瘾人群的个人特征和生活方式属性随时间的变化提供了依据。呈现了以下方面的趋势：(1)种族构成，(2)社会地位，(3)居住稳定性，(4)教育程度，(5)职业稳定性，(6)青少年犯罪，(7)犯罪行为，(8)成瘾起始年龄，以及(9)首选毒品。还研究了基于使用麻醉品的机会和动机概念的成瘾者生涯类型分布构成的变化。
