NCJ Number
156976
Journal
Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse Volume: 3 Issue: 3 Dated: (1994) Pages: 75-81
Date Published
1994
Length
7 pages
Annotation
This article reports findings of 100 adolescents who underwent urinalysis at the request of a parent who suspected them of drug use and desired confirmation.
Abstract
The sample included 61 boys and 39 girls between the ages of 11 and 19 years. Forty-three percent had a positive test for one drug and six percent of these had two or more drugs in their urine. Concentrations of marijuana, cocaine, and amphetamine ranged from very low to very high levels. In follow-up tests of the 57 youths who tested negative, five tests from four adolescents later showed positive for marijuana, cocaine, or alcohol. Twenty-five of the youths who tested positive in the first urinalysis entered an outpatient treatment and testing program; eight had repeat positive tests over the next 2 weeks. Those eight adolescents reported they were unable to stop using drugs and subsequently received outpatient detoxification or inpatient treatment for their dependence. 2 tables and 8 references