DRUG EXCRETION IN THE URINE OF MILITARY SEPARATEES - A PILOT STUDY

• NCJ Number: 13576
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 19 Issue: 2 Dated: (APRIL 1974) Pages: 317-324
• Author(s): P E WINTER; C J STAHL
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: American Soc for Testing and Materials
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

ARMED FORCES STUDY UNDERTAKEN IN FEBRUARY 1971 TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF MASS SCREENING OF PERSONNEL BY TOXICOLOGIC METHODS.

Abstract

NEARLY 2500 SAMPLES OF URINE WERE COLLECTED AND EXAMINED FOR MORPHINE, AMPHETAMINE, BARBITURATE, CODEINE, METHADONE, MEPERIDINE, QUININE, AND PROPOXYPHENE. THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAMPLE POPULATION ARE DISCUSSED. THE STUDY REVEALED CONCENTRATIONS OF ONE OR MORE DRUGS IN THE URINE OF 66 PERSONS. THE DRUGS CODEINE, METHADONE, OR MEPERIDINE WERE NOT FOUND IN ANY OF THE SPECIMENS. THIRTY-EIGHT SOLDIERS HAD MORPHINE IN THEIR URINE AT THE TIME OF SEPARATION. THIRTY-TWO OF THESE 38 SPECIMENS WERE COLLECTED FROM 894 ARMY RETURNEES FROM VIETNAM WITH A PREVALENCE OF 3.6 PERCENT AMONG THESE PERSONNEL. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)