Military drug positive rates in the European Theater drug rates in Europe.
Urine samples were collected from Air Force and Army service members within the European Theater and analyzed for drugs of abuse employing radioimmunoassay and gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS). Data collected from January 1985 through December 1991 indicate that the total positive rate decreased from 4.67% to 0.69%. Of the drugs tested, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) was the drug abused most in the European Theater during this time period.
Little
J S
JS
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
Lukey
B J
BJ
Shimomura
E T
ET
Fuhrmann
L S
LS
D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States