ArticleAmerican journal of public health2014
Sexual orientation, gender, and racial differences in illicit drug use in a sample of US high school students.
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74 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 173 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Patterns and Predictors of Compliance in a Prospective Diary Study of Substance Use and Sexual Behavior in a Sample of Young Men Who Have Sex With Men.Assessment · 2018Trial
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- Minority stress and the development of problem alcohol use among sexual minority youth: A scoping review synthesizing multidisciplinary mechanisms of risk.Journal of child & adolescent substance abuse · 2025Article
- Effects of Substance Use on Condomless Anal Sex in a Large Sample of Adolescent Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Within and Between Relationship Design.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- The Association of Stigma, School, and Family Factors with Patterns of Substance Use Among LGBTQ Youth.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024Article
- Gender differences in the prevalence of stimulant misuse in the United States: 2015-2019.The American journal on addictions · 2024Article
- A cross-sectional study on resilience, anxiety, depression, and psychoactive substance use among heterosexual and sexual minority adolescents in Nigeria.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Latinx Sexual Minority Adolescent Substance Use: State of the Science and Call for Intersectional Minority Stressors and Protective Factors.Current addiction reports · 2023Article
- Sexual minorities are not a homogeneous population: health disparity differences based on residence in rural versus urban settings.Rural and remote health · 2023Article
- The intersection of neighborhood and race in urban adolescent health risk behaviors.Journal of community psychology · 2023Article
- Intersectional stigma subgroup differences in unhealthy drinking and disordered marijuana use among Black and Latino cisgender sexual minority young men.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Stimulant misuse among youth.Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care · 2022Review
- Substance Use Behaviors Among LGBTQ+ Youth of Color: Identification of the Populations Bearing the Greatest Burden in Three Large Samples.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2022Article
- Exploring e-psychonauts perspectives towards cocaine effects and toxicity.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2022Article
- Analysis of Reported Health Care Use by Sexual Orientation Among Youth.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Teacher Support, Victimization, and Alcohol Use Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: Considering Ethnoracial Identity.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2021Article
- Perceptions of Marijuana Decriminalization Among Young Sexual and Gender Minorities in Chicago: An Initial Measure Validation and Test of Longitudinal Associations with Use.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2021Article
- Romantic relationships and sexual minority health: A review and description of the Dyadic Health Model.Clinical psychology review · 2020Review
- Opioid-Related Disparities in Sexual Minority Youth, 2017.Journal of addiction medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe evaluated drug use differences between sexual minority and heterosexual students, including interactions with gender and race/ethnicity.
methodsWe used 2005 and 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey data pooled from Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Delaware; Maine; Massachusetts; New York City, New York; Rhode Island; and Vermont to evaluate drug use (marijuana, cocaine, inhalants, heroin, methamphetamine, and MDMA [Ecstasy]) using 2 aspects of sexual orientation (identity and sex of sexual partners).
resultsSexual minority students had higher prevalence of drug use than did heterosexuals on both sexual orientation dimensions, and differences were particularly pronounced among bisexual students on both dimensions. Differences between sexual minority and heterosexual male students in prevalence were generally larger than were differences between sexual minority and heterosexual female students. Racial minority students generally reported lower prevalence of drug use. However, the protective effect of African American race was less pronounced for some sexual minorities.
conclusionsSexual minority youths are at increased risk for drug use. Intervention is needed at the institutional and individual levels to address these disparities.
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