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Prescription drug misuse and risk behaviors among young injection drug users.
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- Drug preparation, injection, and sharing practices in Tajikistan: a qualitative study in Kulob and Khorog.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2016Article
- The effect of prescription opioid injection on the risk of non-fatal overdose among people who inject drugs.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2015Article
- Motivations for prescription drug misuse among young men who have sex with men (YMSM) in Philadelphia.The International journal on drug policy · 2015Article
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- Prescription Drug Misuse and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Young Men Who have Sex with Men (YMSM) in Philadelphia.AIDS and behavior · 2015Article
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- Prescription drug misuse among homeless youth.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2014Article
- Alternate Routes of Administration among Prescription Opioid Misusers and Associations with Sexual HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors.Journal of psychoactive drugsArticle
- Associations between prescription opioid injection and Hepatitis C virus among young injection drug users.Drugs (Abingdon, England)Article
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Abstract
Prescription drug misuse among young adults, especially opioids, is a substantial public health problem in the United States. Although risks associated with injection of illicit drugs are well established, injection and sexual risks associated with misuse of prescription drugs are under-studied. Forty young injection drug users aged 16 to 25 who reported injection of a prescription drug were recruited in 2008-09 in Los Angeles and New York City. Descriptive quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed to illustrate risky injection and sexual behaviors reported in this sample. Over half of participants engaged in risky injection behavior, three-quarters engaged in risky sexual behavior, nearly half reported both risky behaviors, and five did not report either risk behavior while misusing a prescription drug. Prescription opioids, tranquilizers, and stimulants were misused in the context of risky sexual behaviors while only opioids were misused in the context of injection risk behaviors. Access to clean syringes, attitudes and beliefs regarding hepatitis C, and risk reduction through partner selection were identified as key themes that contextualized risk behaviors. Although these findings help identify areas to target educational campaigns, such as prevention of sexually transmitted infections, risk behaviors specifically associated with prescription drug misuse warrant further study.
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