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Assess Your Drug Use

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Answer these questions based on your use of drugs—not alcohol— in the past 12 months. Choose the answer that is mostly right for you.

These questions are asking about risky drug use, including:

Drugs may include:

If you think you might have a drug problem, see a doctor no matter what your results are from this quiz.

The results you get depend on how honest you are when you answer the questions.

Read and answer every question. If you feel a question is hard to answer, choose the answer that you feel is mostly right.


In the past 12 months:


Yes


No

1. Have you used drugs other than the ones you needed for medical reasons?



2. Have you used more than one drug at a time without a medical reason or without your doctor telling you to?



3. Is it hard for you to stop using drugs when you want to?



4. Have you ever had a blackout or flashback from using drugs?



5. Have you ever felt bad or guilty about using drugs?



6. Have your friends or family ever complained about your drug use?



7. Have you neglected your family because of your drug use?



8. Have you done anything illegal so you can get drugs?



9. Have you felt sick (had withdrawal symptoms) when you stopped using drugs?



10. Have you had health problems because of your drug use? (For example, have you had memory loss, hepatitis, convulsions, or bleeding?)




Total



Your score indicates the degree of problems that your drug use may cause:

Adapted from "Drug Use Questionnaire," © Copyright 1982 by Harvey A. Skinner, PhD, and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.


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Current as of: November 15, 2023

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