ArticleAddictive behaviors2018
Injection drug use and overdose among young adults who use prescription opioids non-medically.
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- Associations Between Childhood Trauma and the Age of First-Time Drug Use in Methamphetamine-Dependent Patients.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- State-level prescription drug monitoring program mandates and adolescent injection drug use in the United States, 1995-2017: A difference-in-differences analysis.PLoS medicine · 2020Article
- Correlates of death during outpatient treatment for opioid use disorder: A national study.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Article
- Receipt of Addiction Treatment After Opioid Overdose Among Medicaid-Enrolled Adolescents and Young Adults.JAMA pediatrics · 2020Article
- Illicit opioid use following changes in opioids prescribed for chronic non-cancer pain.PloS one · 2020Article
- Examining Factors Associated with Non-Fatal Overdose among People Who Inject Drugs in Rural Appalachia.Substance use & misuse · 2020Article
- Utilizing social media to explore overdose and HIV/HCV risk behaviors among current opioid misusers.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Article
- Age differences in emergency department utilization and repeat visits among patients with opioid use disorder at an urban safety-net hospital: A focus on young adults.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Article
- Strategies used by people who inject drugs to avoid stigma in healthcare settings.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionNon-medical prescription opioid (NMPO) use is a critical public health problem in the United States, with 2.1 million new initiates annually. Young adult NMPO users are at high risk for initiating injection drug use. We assessed correlates of injection drug use among young adult NMPO users in Rhode Island, a state heavily impacted by opioid overdose.
methodsWe used data from the Rhode Island Young Adult Prescription Drug Study (RAPiDS), which recruited 199 residents aged 18-29 who reported past-30-day NMPO use (65.3% male). We compared individuals who reported ever having injected with individuals who reported never injecting, using logistic regression to identify independent correlates of injection.
resultsAmong eligible participants, the mean age was 24.6years and 61.3% were white. Over one-quarter (n=59, 29.6%) of the sample had ever injected drugs. The majority (n=46, 78.0%) of participants who had ever injected drugs reported injecting heroin as her/his first drug; the majority also reported previously snorting her/his first drug that was injected (n=46, 78.0%). In multivariable analyses, white race, older age, lifetime homelessness, and ever having overdosed or seen someone overdose were independently associated with an increased likelihood of ever injecting drugs.
conclusionsThese findings demonstrate a high prevalence of lifetime injection drug use among young adults who use prescription opioids non-medically. Given the observed associations between injection drug use and witnessing as well as experiencing overdose, interventions are urgently needed to improve overdose education and naloxone distribution to young adult NMPO users who inject drugs.
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