Gordon Susan M, Mulvaney Frank, Rowan Amy
Caron Foundation, Wernersville, PA 19565-0150, USA.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2004 Aug;30(3):593-603. doi: 10.1081/ada-200032300.
A retrospective review of the clinical charts of 97 adolescents who had received residential treatment for heroin dependence was conducted to determine predictors of heroin use. The average age for the adolescent patients reviewed was 17 years. Almost half of the adolescents (48%) were female and over half of the adolescents (53.6%) used heroin intravenously. Both males and females had substantial heroin habits, but differing amounts of use. Boys used an average of six bags of heroin per day and girls used an average of four bags of heroin per day. Using gender, age, number of heroin dependence symptoms, and other substances as predictors, 64.21% of the adolescents were correctly classified as injectors or noninjectors of heroin. Heroin appears to be a significant drug of abuse among these predominately white, middle class, suburban adolescents.
对97名接受过住院治疗的海洛因依赖青少年的临床病历进行了回顾性研究，以确定海洛因使用的预测因素。所研究的青少年患者平均年龄为17岁。几乎一半的青少年（48%）为女性，超过一半的青少年（53.6%）静脉注射海洛因。男性和女性都有大量的海洛因使用习惯，但使用量不同。男孩平均每天使用六袋海洛因，女孩平均每天使用四袋海洛因。以性别、年龄、海洛因依赖症状数量和其他物质作为预测因素，64.21%的青少年被正确分类为海洛因注射者或非注射者。在这些主要为白人、中产阶级、郊区青少年中，海洛因似乎是一种重要的滥用药物。
