DRUG USE
Variable 292a1
date of last revision: 01/01/06
DEFINITION:
Index of drug use; asked of best source at every follow-up evaluation. "During the last 12 months (or during the time since your injury -- if year 1 follow-up) did you use any illicit or non-prescription drugs?" *"Non-prescription drugs" refers toe prescription drugs obtained without a prescription and street drugs.
CODE:
1 No
2 Yes
7 Not due this year. [Code no longer used; data now collected in all follow-up years.]
8 No other drug use. [Code no longer used; data not collected on use of specific drugs.]
9 Unknown
CHARACTERS:
1 numeric
NOTE:
A report on substance use that is based on TBIMS data can be found on COMBI: Problematic Substance Use Identified in the TBIMS National Dataset (http://www.tbims.org/combi/subst/index.html)
EXAMPLE:
Person with brain injury used marijuana in past year.

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