ArticleAmerican journal of health behavior2018
Heroin Use and Drug Injection among Youth Also Misusing Prescription Drugs.
Article in American journal of health behavior, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Medication for Opioid Use Disorder After Serious Injection-Related Infections in Massachusetts.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Syndemic factors associated with non-fatal overdose among young opioid users in New York City.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Hepatitis C virus risk among young people who inject drugs.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- 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
- Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids, Heroin Use, Injection Drug Use, and Overdose Mortality in U.S. Adolescents.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2020Article
- Adolescent Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use in Association with Other Drug Use, Injection Drug Use, and Team Sport Participation.Journal of child & adolescent substance abuse · 2020Article
- Prescription painkiller misuse and the perceived risk of harm from using heroin.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe identified the prevalence of nonmedical prescription drug use and its relationship to heroin and injection drug use in 4 nationally representative samples of adolescents.
methodsWe used the most recent data (2009-2015) from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (Ntotal= 61,132). Prevalence rates and 95% confidence intervals for prescription drug misuse, heroin use, and injection drug use were calculated across time points, sex, and race/ethnicity subgroups. Using odds ratios, we determined the likelihood of youth reporting nonmedical prescription drug use also reporting heroin and drug injection.
resultsIn 2015, one in 6 adolescents reported recent prescription drug misuse. High rates of nonmedical prescription drug use persisted or increased among Hispanic boys, black boys, and "other" youth, while declining among white youth. Youth who used prescription drugs nonmedically at least once were 17.5 times more likely to have used heroin (CI: 13.7, 22.4) and 14.6 times more likely to have injected drugs (CI: 11.2, 19.2) in their lifetime.
conclusionsPublic health programming focused on reducing prescription drug misuse also may reduce youth engagement in heroin and/or injection drug use. Preventive efforts to support communities of color in reducing rates of prescription drug misuse are crucial.
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