Criminality in drug addicts: a follow-up study over 25 years.

Unlabelled: BACKGROUND/AIMS/METHOD: 214 drug addicts were included in a 25-year study on criminality using data from the National Register of Convictions, and 84% of those still living in Oslo attended a follow-up examination.

Results: 89% of the 214 had committed offences, compared to 25% in a control group without drug use. 83% had been imprisoned.

A 25-year follow-up study of drug addicts hospitalised for acute hepatitis: present and past morbidity.

The aim of the study was to investigate present and past morbidity in drug addicts, 25 years after hospitalisation for acute hepatitis B or hepatitis nonA-nonB. The hospital records for 214 consecutively admitted patients were analysed, and a follow-up study on 66 of the 144 patients still alive was performed. At follow-up, 1 of 54 (1.