Drug testing effectiveness in identifying and preventing drug use / R.H. Coombs, F.J. Rya. - (American Journal of Drug and Alcohol 16 (1990) 3-4; p. 173-84)
- PMID: 2288319
- DOI: 10.3109/00952999009001582
Abstract
The effectiveness of drug testing in identifying and preventing drug use was assessed by a study of intercollegiate athletes required to participate in a urine testing program. Five hundred athletes who underwent testing were contrasted with a comparison group of 124 athletes not tested. Results show that some drug-using athletes avoided detection. Although many reduced their drug usage, some continued in the same pattern as before; a few actually increased drug usage.
