title: [Validity of test for drug addiction at the forensic medicine service].
abstract: The present study was done to test the validity of the clinical examination for drug addiction at the National Forensic Medicine Service of Santiago. The responses to a questionnaire for marihuana consumption and a laboratory test for cannabinole in urine were correlated. The proportion of false negatives was 36.5%. Thus, clinical evaluation for drug addiction has limitations that prevent their use in the legal and penal context.
authors.affiliation: Clínica Psiquiátrica Universitaria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Téllez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sepúlveda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002677:Chile; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016272:Occupational Health; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Validez de examen de drogadiccion en Servicio Medico Legal.