He had picked up a suitcase that had been delivered from Kenya or Somalia through England. When U.S. Customs opened the suitcase, it contained 47 pounds of a substance known as khat. This is the second seizure of khat at BWI Airport in recent months. If you have any questions about khat, please contact Tfc. Medical staff obtain voluntary and anonymous interview information and urine specimens from youth, soon after admission.
Results indicate considerable drug and alcohol problems in youths.
As shown below, by age 16, over one fifth of the youth tested positive. Gray, TA and Wish, ED. 1993. Waxter Children's Center in Laurel, Maryland. The lower cutoff level may be more appropriate in testing juveniles for marijuana when the interest is in targeting high risk youths for treatment and prevention programs. This is a puzzling situation given the substantial research indicating that recent illegal drug use is many times more prevalent in arrestee populations than among the employed.