ArticleEuropean addiction research2013
Alcohol and illegal drug use behaviors and prescription opioids use: how do nonmedical and medical users compare, and does motive to use really matter?
Article in European addiction research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04901312 (Identifying an Effective and Cost Beneficial Approach to Preventing OUD in Justice-Involved Youth), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Identifying an Effective and Cost Beneficial Approach to Preventing OUD in Justice-Involved Youth
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Prevalence of psychoactive substance use among medical students in the EMRO region.Journal of public health in Africa · 2025Review
- Opioid use disorder in two samples of the Lebanese population: scale validation and correlation with sleep and mood disorders.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Validation of the Arabic and French Versions of a Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) Questionnaire on Tranquilizer Misuse.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Prescription Drug Misuse: Taking a Lifespan Perspective.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2020Review
- Power of the Peer and Parent: Gender Differences, Norms, and Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use Among Adolescents in South Central Kentucky.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2019Article
- Age-specific risk of substance use disorders associated with controlled medication use and misuse subtypes in the United States.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
- Use of Psychotropic Medications and Illegal Drugs, and Related Consequences Among French Pharmacy Students - SCEP Study: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2018Article
- Prescription patterns of benzodiazepines in the Lebanese adult population: a cross-sectional study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2016Article
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Abstract
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aimsThis study compares illegal drug and alcohol use behaviors between medical and nonmedical users of prescription opioids (PO) and nonmedical users with distinct motives to use.
methodAn ethically approved cross-sectional study (2010) was conducted on a representative sample of private university students (n = 570), using a self-filled anonymous questionnaire.
resultsAbout 25% reported using PO only medically and 15% nonmedically. The prevalence of alcohol and illegal drug use was consistently higher among nonmedical than medical PO users. Adjusting for age and gender, lifetime medical users of PO were more likely to use marijuana only (OR = 1.8, 95% CI: 1.1, 2.8), while nonmedical users were at higher odds of using marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine/crack, and alcohol problematically. Compared to nonusers, students who took PO nonmedically for nontherapeutic reasons were more likely to use various illegal drugs, but nonmedical users who took PO to relieve pain/help in sleep were only more likely to use marijuana (OR = 2.5, 95% CI: 1.1, 5.4) and alcohol (e.g. alcohol abuse; OR = 3.8, 95% CI: = 1.4, 10.1).
conclusionYouth who use PO nonmedically to self-treat have a different alcohol and illegal drug-using profile than those who take it for nontherapeutic reasons.
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