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J V Spotts

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Drug-induced ego states. I. Cocaine: phenomenology and implications.

The International journal of the addictions April 1984 J V Spotts, F C Shontz

The ego state experienced by chronic users of cocaine is described in terms of sensorimotor functioning, cognitive functioning, emotionality, spatiality , temporality , causality, and materiality . At low use levels the state is pleasurable, but at high levels fear, anxiety, and paranoia increase, and ultimately reality contact breaks down. Q-sort, Semantic Differential, and other data suggest...