ArticleJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry2019
Sources of Nonmedical Prescription Drug Misuse Among US High School Seniors: Differences in Motives and Substance Use Behaviors.
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- Prescription Stimulant Medical and Nonmedical Use Among US Secondary School Students, 2005 to 2020.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use Among Female Adolescents: The Relative Influence of Maternal Factors, Social Norms, and Perceptions of Risk and Availability.Drugs (Abingdon, England) · 2023Article
- A Qualitative Assessment among Personnel Working in Community-Led Development Program Settings Regarding Sexualized Substance Use.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- The Initiation and Developmental Course of Prescription Drug Misuse Among High School Athletes During the Transition Through Young Adulthood.American journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Provider education leads to sustained reduction in pediatric opioid prescribing after surgery.Journal of pediatric surgery · 2022Article
- Predicting college student prescription stimulant misuse: An analysis from ecological momentary assessment.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Article
- Opioid use disorder: a neglected human immunodeficiency virus risk in American adolescents.AIDS (London, England) · 2021Article
- Sex differences in US emergency department non-fatal visits for benzodiazepine poisonings in adolescents and young adults.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- Modifiable Risk Factors Associated With Disposal of Unused Prescription Drugs by Parents of Adolescents.The journal of primary prevention · 2020Article
- Developing a health communication campaign for disposal of unused opioid medications.Addictive behaviors reports · 2020Article
- Medical Use and Misuse of Prescription Opioids in US 12th-Grade Youth: School-Level Correlates.Pediatrics · 2020Article
- Predictors of Opioid Misuse During Emerging Adulthood: An Examination of Adolescent Individual, Family and Peer Factors.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Article
- Motivations for the nonmedical use of prescription drugs in a longitudinal national sample of young adults.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Article
- Prescription Drug Misuse: Taking a Lifespan Perspective.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2020Review
- Sources of prescription opioids and tranquilizers for misuse among U.S. young adults: differences between high school dropouts and graduates and associations with adverse outcomes.Journal of addictive diseasesArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine whether sources of nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) involving anxiolytics, opioids, and stimulants were associated with sociodemographic characteristics, NMUPD characteristics (eg, frequency), and other substance use.
methodNationally representative samples of US high school seniors (N = 18,549) were surveyed by self-administered questionnaires (2009-2016). Design-based latent class analysis and Rao-Scott χ
resultsApproximately 11.0% of high school seniors reported past-year NMUPD (n = 1,917). A substantial proportion of nonmedical users obtained the prescription drugs from multiple sources (44.2%). Latent class analysis identified 5 subgroups of NMUPD sources (friend/relative sources, friend/purchased sources, own leftover prescription, multiple sources, and other sources). Nonmedical users who obtained prescription drugs from friend/purchased sources were more likely to be adolescent boys, whereas those who used their own leftover prescriptions were more likely to be adolescent girls. Nonmedical users who obtained prescription drugs from multiple sources were more involved in substance use. In contrast, adolescent nonmedical users who used their own leftover prescriptions were less involved in substance use.
conclusionGrowing evidence indicates that different NMUPD sources are associated with different substance use behaviors. All NMUPD sources should be discouraged, because they place individuals, families, and communities at risk. Patients and their families should receive education on how to manage and properly dispose of controlled medications to avoid diversion into the community. Prescribers are encouraged to check prescription monitoring programs and screen adolescents for substance use/misuse when prescribing controlled medications.
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