EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SUBSTANCE USE IN A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF 18-YEAR-OLD MALES

Abstract

Nicotine and alcohol dependence is common among young males. Biological assessment of illicit drug use seems to confirm previous questionnaire-based findings of associations between THC use and other illicit drugs. Urine testing seems to be an adequate method to analyse associations of THC use and other illicit drugs. In combination with questionnaires urine testing may be used for the assessment of associations of tobacco dependence and recent illicit drug use based on epidemiological surveys.