NCJ Number
40692
Date Published
1975
Length
22 pages
Annotation
EVALUATION OF DAWN (DRUG ABUSE WARNING NETWORK), A COORDINATED MONITORING SYSTEM THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO DETECT AND STUDY PATTERNS OF DRUG ABUSE IN THE GENERAL POPULATION.
Abstract
EFFECTS OF DRUG CONTROL ON ABUSE PATTERNS AND RELATED INDICATORS WERE ANALYZED FOR 9 REPRESENTATIVE DRUGS SCHEDULED IN MIDDLE AND LATE 1973. THE DRUGS INCLUDED A GROUP OF FIVE ANORECTIC STIMULANTS, BENZPHETAMINE, CHLORPHENTERMINE, DIETHYLPROPION, PHENDIMETRAZINE, PHENTERMINE; A GROUP OF FOUR DEPRESSANTS, A NON BARBITURATE SEDATIVE, METHAQUALONE, AND THREE BARBITURATES, AMOBARBITAL, PENTOBARBITAL, AND SECOBARBITAL. STATISTICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSES SHOWED GENERAL POST-CONTROL DECREASES IN DAWN ABUSE RATES. IN ADDITION, THE RELATIONS OF ABUSE PATTERNS TO NPA (NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION AUDIT) PRESCRIPTION TRENDS AND TO DEA (DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION) ARREST RECORDS SHOWED THESE BENEFITS DID NOT TEND TO PRODUCE UNDESIRED PROBLEMS IN LIMITING THESE DRUGS' AVAILABILITY FOR LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PURPOSES, OR IN ARREST AND CRIMINALIZATION OF OTHERWISE LAWFUL USERS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...EB