Substance Use & Gambling Surveys Special Populations

The following surveys and studies change year-to-year to assess substance abuse patterns in special populations.

• Leaning on Syrup: The Misuse of Opioid Cough Syrup in Houston (December 1999)
• Heroin Addicts in Texas: the Nature and Size of a Hidden Population (January 1999)
• Need in Texas for a Range of Services of Chemically Dependent Adults (September 1998) in Adobe PDF format
• An Ethnographic Comparison of the Mexican American Drug Culture in El Paso, Texas: 1987 to 1997 (July 1998) in Adobe PDF format
• An Ethnographic Study of Mexican American Inhalant Abusers in San Antonio, Texas (February 1998) in Adobe PDF format
• "Fry:" A Study of Adolescents' Use of Embalming Fluid with Marijuana and Tobacco (February 1998)
• Comparison of Patterns of Illicit Drug Use in Australia and the United States (November 1997) - United States (letter-sized) and international (A4) versions available in Adobe PDF format
• Crack Cocaine as a Major Risk for HIV Transmission in a Crack House Population (November 1997)
• Understanding Inhalant Users: An Overview for Parents, Educators, and Clinicians (January 1997)
• Methadone in Texas: Analysis of Treatment, Arrest, and Overdose Data (April 1996) in Adobe PDF format
• An Ethnographic Study of Heroin Abuse by Mexican Americans in San Antonio, Texas (Summer 1995) in Adobe PDF format
• Heroin Abuse Trends in Texas and Results of the 1994 Survey of Methadone Programs (November 1994) in Adobe PDF format
• Patterns of Volatile Substance Abuse Among the Kickapoo People in the Eagle Pass, Texas Area, 1993 (November 1994) in Adobe PDF format
• The History of Drug Abuse in Texas, Selected Metropolitan Areas, 1992 (March 1993) in Adobe PDF format
• The Rave Scene In Houston, Texas: An Ethnographic Analysis (October 1993) in Adobe PDF format
• 1990 Texas Survey of postpartum Women and Drug-Exposed Infants (June 1991)

Updated 12.20.1999