Cocaine behavioral economics: from the naturalistic environment to the controlled laboratory setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We previously observed that behavioral economic factors predict naturalistic heroin seeking behavior that correlates with opioid seeking in the experimental laboratory. The present study sought to replicate and extend these prior findings with regular cocaine users.

Methods

Participants (N=83) completed a semi-structured interview to establish income-generating and cocaine-purchasing/use repertoire during the past month. Questions addressed sources/amounts of income and expenditures; price (money and time) per purchase; and frequency/amounts of cocaine purchased and consumed. Naturalistic cocaine purchasing and use patterns were: (1) analyzed as a function of income quartile, (2) perturbed by hypothetical changes in cost factors to assess changes in purchasing/use

SUBMITTER: Greenwald MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5543982 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature