Three‐year follow‐up of 100 vagrant adolescent drug abusers in Oslo

Abstract

Homeless human adolescents (100) were interviewed in 1971 when they were still active drug abusers. The same group was followed-up 3 yr later with personal interviews. At follow-up 1/3 were abstinent and were well adapted socially, 1/3 showed an uncertain social adaptation and 1/3 were still addicted and had a poor social adaptation. The various factors responsible for their psycho-social development and relation to drug abuse were discussed.