Trajectories of Heroin Addiction

Yih-Ing Hser, David Huang, Chih-Ping Chou and M. Douglas Anglin
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Yih-Ing Hser: University of California, Los Angeles
David Huang: University of California, Los Angeles
Chih-Ping Chou: University of Southern California
M. Douglas Anglin: University of California, Los Angeles

Evaluation Review, 2007, vol. 31, issue 6, 548-563

Abstract: This study investigates trajectories of heroin use and subsequent consequences in a sample of 471 male heroin addicts who were admitted to the California Civil Addict Program in 1964-1965 and followed over 33 years. Applying a two-part growth mixture modeling strategy to heroin use level during the first 16 years of the addiction careers since first heroin use, the authors identified three groups with distinctive profiles: stably high-level heroin users ( n = 278), late decelerated users ( n = 149), and early quitters ( n = 44). Study findings empirically demonstrate the chronic nature of heroin addiction and subsequent adverse consequences including mortality, mental health, and employment.

Keywords: heroin; trajectory; growth mixture modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X07307315

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