Cognitive function in aging cocaine smokers.

Thomas ChaoMargaret HaneyZiva D CooperNehal P VadhanNicholas T Van DamJared Van SnellenbergGillinder Bedi

Published in: Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) (2019)

These data suggest that aging, long-term cocaine users have similar cognitive functioning to appropriately matched controls when tested under drug-free conditions, with only marginal decreases in verbal learning. Findings, although reassuring with regard to broad cognitive capacities in aging cocaine smokers, suggest that future investigations of cognitive function in aging drug users are warranted.

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
working memory
prefrontal cortex
emergency department
drug induced
current status