Predicting initiation to and cessation of buprenorphine and temazepam use amongst adolescents

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Abstract
Two interviews separated by 12 months (mean) were conducted with a purposive sample of Glaswegian adolescent drug misusers. Across that interval, beginning to use buprenorphine and temazepam were predictable by prior extent of other substance use, especially cannabis and tobacco, and by the Drug Misuse Scale, using selected MMPI items. About 50% of those who had been using either drug prior to first interview did not use at all between first and second interview. For temazepam, this cessation was not predictable, but ceasing to use buprenorphine was more likely the less time subjects had used this drug and if they had never injected. It is concluded that personality and frequent substance use predispose to drug misuse, but that additional factors must lead to dependence.

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