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Abstract
This paper first discusses the ways in which pathological gambling (a disorder of impulse control) and substance misuse are similar. It then examinesCitation research focusing on substance misuse among pathological gambles, andCitation research on pathological gambling among substance misusers, focusing on a study examining gambling among 462 methadone patients from New York City. That study found that 21% of the sample were probable pathological gamblers, while an additional 9% were problem gamblers, i.e., they had some problem related to their gambling. The treatment implications of these findings and future research directions are also discussed.
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Barry Spunt
Barry Spunt, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at John Jay College/CUNY. He has been involved in substance abuse research for 20 years. His early work focused on methadone treatment, especially methadone diversion and crime among methadone patients. He has been awarded a number of major grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) focusing on the relationship between drugs and violence. He is currently Principal Investigator of a NIDA-funded ethnographic study of the heroin scene in New York City.