A follow-up study was undertaken of former heroin addicts from Puerto Rico who had been federal prisoners at the U. S. Public Health Hospital in Lexington between 1935 and 1962. Extensive data were obtained for each subject including: a field interview, an urinalysis to check on addiction status, and a current FBI record. With these data, the long-term social correlates of heroin addiction were examined. First, drug use, arrests, and occupational careers of the subjects over time were traced. Second, by bringing together a number of pre-addiction and post-addiction characteristics, the life patterns of the subjects were analyzed.
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