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Inaccuracies in self-reports and urinalysis tests: impacts on monitoring marijuana use trends among arrestees (2005)
(Décalages entre les consommations déclarées et les tests d'analyses d'urine : impact sur la surveillance épidémiologique du cannabis chez les détenus)
Auteur(s) :
GOLUB, A. ;
LIBERTY, H. J. ;
JOHNSON, B. D.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
941-966
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
27
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 2005, 35, (4), 941-966
Note de contenu :
graph. ; tabl.
Résumé :
Measured trends in drug use can potentially reflect changes in drug use, changes in the accuracy of the measurement instrument, or both. This paper compares marijuana use trends from 1987 to 2001 using self-report and urinalysis data from arrestees interviewed at 23 sites served by the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program. Overall, 60% of the variation in reported use reflected changes in detected use. Most notably, reported and detected use suggested different dynamics to the increase in marijuana use during the 1990s. The growth in detected use started later, increased more, and lasted longer. Several factors appear tohave clearly contributed to this divergence between the measures: the percentage of marijuana users that disclosed their activity changed over time, the accuracy ofADAMs urinalysis test increased with time, and the percentage of infrequent users changed over time (urinalysis tests are less likely to detect infrequent users). The paper concludes with recommendations for the careful analysis of marijuana use trends using self-report data, biological data, or both. Trends in cocaine, crack, heroin, and methamphetamine are also considered.
Affiliation :
Etats-Unis. United States.
Cote :
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