Oral fluid results compared to self reports of recent cocaine and heroin use by methadone maintenance patients

• Published in: Forensic science international Vol. 215; no. 1-3; pp. 88 - 91
• Main Author: Cone, Edward J.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ireland Ltd 10.02.2012; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cocaine; Cocaine - analogs & derivatives; Cocaine - analysis; Cocaine-Related Disorders - drug therapy; Codeine - analogs & derivatives; Codeine - analysis; Drug use; Drugs; Fluid dynamics; Fluid flow; Fluids; Forensic medicine; Forensic sciences; General aspects; Heroin; Heroin - analysis; Heroin Dependence - drug therapy; Humans; Illicit; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Liquid chromatography; Medical sciences; Methadone; Methadone - therapeutic use; Morphine; Morphine - analysis; Morphine Derivatives - analysis; Narcotics - analysis; Opiate Substitution Treatment; Oral fluid; Pathology; Patients; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Saliva - chemistry; Self Report; Substance Abuse Detection; Substance abuse treatment; Oral fluid; Self report; Cocaine; Heroin; Human; Biological fluid; Drug addiction; Replacement therapy; Forensic science; Illicit drug; Self evaluation; Legal medicine; Opiates; Patient; Forensic aspect; Methadone; Narcotic analgesic; Result; Ester; Maintenance treatment; Drug of abuse; Saliva; Comparative study

Although self reports of illicit drug use may not be reliable, this information is frequently collected and relied upon by national drug surveys and by counselors in drug treatment programs. The addition of oral fluid testing to these programs would provide objective information on recent drug use....