Journal article
Heroin "Overdose" Death: Contribution of Drug-Associated Environmental Cues
Abstract
A model of "overdose" deaths among heroin addicts is proposed which emphasizes recent findings concerning the contribution of drug-associated environmental cues to drug tolerance. Results of animal experiments performed to evaluate this model suggest that conditioned drug-anticipatory responses, in addition to pharmacological factors, affect heroin-induced mortality.
Authors
Siegel S; Hinson RE; Krank MD; McCully J
Journal
Science, Vol. 216, No. 4544, pp. 436–437
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Publication Date
April 23, 1982
DOI
10.1126/science.7200260
ISSN
0036-8075