DRUG SCREENING IN AN AUSTRIAN PRISON

Authors / Editors

Rous, Francis Peyton

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Publication Details

Output type: Journal article

Author list: LAPORNIK R, LEHOFER M, ROUS F, KLAMPFER H, HOFMANN P, ZAPOTOCZKY HG

Publisher: SPRINGER VERLAG

Publication year: 1994

Journal acronym: NERVENARZT

Volume number: 65

Issue number: 9

Start page: 633

End page: 634

Number of pages: 2

ISSN: 0028-2804

Languages: German-Germany (DE-DE)

Abstract

In the Austrian prison Graz, a randomized group of 64 prisoners (12,5% out of 512 total) was selected to investigate patterns of drug abuse. From this group, 60 consented to drug-screening in urine. While opiates, cocaine, alcohol and amphetamines screened negative. cannabis (in 8,4%) and benzodiazepines (in 20%) had positive results.

Keywords

ADDICTION, DRUGS, DRUG-SCREENING, IMPRISONMENT, SUBSTANCE-ABUSE

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