| the syphilis epidemic in connecticut: relationship to drug use and prostitution. | syphilis rates in connecticut increased four-fold between 1986 and 1988. during this time there were also signs of a large increase in cocaine use in the state. we studied links between these parallel trends in drug use and syphilis by examining two sources of data: information collected during syphilis case interviews and information from the syphilis screening program at the state's prison for women. as syphilis rates rose, there were large increases in the percentage of women with syphilis wh ... | 1990 | 2264004 |