
An early-warning questionnaire and self-test for adolescent cocaine users.

By Night Stalker

Answer these questions truthfully and write down the number of "yes"'s you
have.  A score of 5 or more indicates you have problem.  This is a collection
of questions from several sources.

1.   Have your school grades suffered because of cocaine or other drug use?
2.   Have you ever gone to school high?
3.   Do you get high when you should be studying?
4.   Do you use drugs to help you study?
5.   Have friends, teachers, parents, or siblings expressed concern about
      your drug use?
6.   Do you cut classes to get high?
7.   Do the majority of your friends use drugs?
8.   Do you use lunch money or carfare to buy drugs?
9.   Do you sell drugs to support your own use?
10.  Do you use alcohol, marijuana, sleeping pills, or tranquilizers to
      "come down" from cocaine or relieve the crash?
11.  Do you drive a car while high on cocaine or other drugs?
12.  Are you frightened by how much you like the high of cocaine?
13.  Do you tend to hang around someone or some place because you know people
      there might have cocaine?
14.  Do you keep promising yourself that you will stop using cocaine, yet
      you always wind up using it again?
15.  Have you started freebasing or injecting cocaine?
16.  Is money the major factor that limits you cocaine use?
17.  Do you wish you could afford more cocaine?
18.  Have you ever stayed awake all night on a cocaine high?
19.  Do you use cocaine at least two times per month?
20.  Do you find yourself looking forward to getting high and making sure
      you have a supply of cocaine for the weekend?
21.  Do you have trouble turning down cocaine when it is offered to you?
22.  Do you use up whatever supplies of cocaine you have on hand even though
      you try to save some for later?
23.  Is getting high one of your most favorite activities?
24.  Have you had to borrow money from friends or family to buy cocaine?
25.  Do you get urges or craving for cocaine when you think about it, talk
      about it, or see it?
26.  Has cocaine use caused you to be depressed, irritable, or short-tempered?
27.  Have you gotten into any fights or bad arguments because of cocaine?
28.  Has cocaine reduced your desire for sex?
29.  Do people tell you that your personality or behavior has changed in a
      significant way even though they might not know that it is due to drugs?
30.  Do you believe that because you snort cocaine and don't freebase or
      inject it you can't suffer serious health effects or become addicted to
      it?
31.  Are you unable to completely stop using cocaine even though it is having
      negative effects on your health, mood, school work, social life, family
      relations, or your financial situation?
32.  Do you feel guilty about using drugs and like yourself less for doing it?
33.  Do you hide your cocaine use from straight friends and others or downplay
      the extent of your use?
34.  Do straight people make you feel uncomfortable or anxious?
35.  Do you choose friends, boyfriends, or girlfriends because they use drugs
      or can supply you with drugs?
36.  Do you need to be high in order to have a good time?
37.  Do you avoid involvement wit your family or coming home for dinner
      because of drug use?
38.  Have you become less involved in sports because of drug use?
39.  Have your career plans and goals become less important as you've become
      more involved with drugs?
40.  Have you been paying less attention to your personal appearance due to
      drug use?
41.  Are you afraid of being bored without drugs?
42.  Are you in debt from cocaine?
43.  Do you use cocaine alone?
44.  Have you become socially isolated and withdrawn?
45.  Do you experience memory problems, difficulty concentrating, suicidal
      thoughts, or paranoid thoughts due to cocaine use?
46.  Do you think that this questionaire is a silly and stupid exercise that
      couldn't possibly apply to you?  [Hell, yes]

Do give you something to go on, I got over a five and I don't currently use
cocaine. - Night Stalker

enjoy

