A compressed opiate detoxification regime with naltrexone maintenance: patient tolerance, risk assessment and abstinence rates.

Opiate detoxification using methadone programmes are inefficient and expensive. Rapid and ultra-rapid detoxification using precipitated withdrawal under heavy sedation or anaesthesia provide increased efficiency and speed, but are limited by the requirement for high-dependency facilities and are perceived as high-risk procedures. Procedures using precipitated withdrawal over longer periods with lower sedation are safer, but 20% of patients fail to tolerate these.

Predicting marijuana use among adolescents.

The present paper (1) contrasts the prevalence of marijuana use and involvement with marijuana among 194 delinquent and 405 nondelinquent adolescents, (2) examines the utility of an expanded version of Jessor and Jessor's (1977) problem behavior model in predicting adolescent marijuana use, and (3) tests the relative importance of the predictors of marijuana use. Personality variables that were added to the Jessor problem behavior model included: (1) stimulus reducing - augmenting, (2) ego strength, (3) anxiety, and (4) field dependence. Results showed that delinquents reported using marijuana more often than nondelinquents.