ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2020
Medical, Nonmedical, and Illegal Stimulant Use by Sexual Identity and Gender.
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- Changes in Stimulant Use Over Time Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, DC, 2008-2023.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Validation of the Stimulant Use Motives Scale and Assessment of Its Associations with Psychosocial Functioning and Sexual Health in U.S. Men Who Have Sex with Men.Substance use & misuse · 2026Article
- Substance Use Patterns Across the Sexual Identity Spectrum Among U.S. Individuals.The American journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Identification of distinct stimulant use trajectories and patterns of overdose.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Competence to Consent and Willingness to Participate in Behavioral Trials Among a Mixed HIV Serostatus Sample of Young Gay and Bisexual Men Who Use Stimulants: A Mixed-Methods Study.Substance use & misuse · 2026Article
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- Challenges and Opportunities with at-Home Blood Collection for HIV-1 Viral Load Monitoring among Sexual Minoritized Men who use Stimulants.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Supporting treatment adherence for resilience and thriving (START): protocol for a mHealth randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Gender differences in the prevalence of stimulant misuse in the United States: 2015-2019.The American journal on addictions · 2024Article
- The role of sex and drug use during adolescence in determining the risk for adverse consequences of amphetamines.Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) · 2024Article
- Stimulant use, HIV, and immune dysregulation among sexual minority men.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- Age-related patterns of cocaine and methamphetamine use across the life course in the United States: Disparities by gender and sexual identity among adults.Addictive behaviors · 2023Article
- Psychostimulant Misuse Among American Indian, Alaskan Native, or Native Hawaiian College Students in the U.S. From 2015 to 2019.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2023Article
- Barriers and Facilitators to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake Among Men Who have Sex with Men Who Use Stimulants: A Qualitative Study.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Stimulant misuse among youth.Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care · 2022Review
- Association of Bupropion, Naltrexone, and Opioid Agonist Treatment With Stimulant-Related Admissions Among People With Opioid Use Disorder: A Case-Crossover Analysis.The Journal of clinical psychiatry · 2022Article
- Substance Use, Health, and Adverse Life Events amongst Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Users in North East England: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Substance use treatment partially mitigates association between methamphetamine use and STI risk: findings from the NSDUH cohort.Sexually transmitted infections · 2022Article
- Racial/Ethnic and Geographic Trends in Combined Stimulant/Opioid Overdoses, 2007-2019.American journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionMajor knowledge gaps regarding medical and nonmedical prescription stimulant use and illegal stimulant use (i.e., cocaine/crack/methamphetamine) by sexual identity and gender have implications for individuals' health and well-being. This study improves stimulant use measurement by differentiating the type of stimulant use and focusing on lesbian, gay, and bisexual subpopulations.
methodsData were pooled for adults in the 2015-2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (n=126,463; analyzed in 2019). Gender-stratified logistic regression models examined associations between sexual identity and past-year illegal stimulant use. Gender-stratified multinomial logistic regression models estimated odds of (1) medical use only versus no past-year prescription stimulant use, (2) any nonmedical stimulant use versus no past-year use, and (3) any nonmedical stimulant use versus medical use only.
resultsIllegal stimulant use varied by sexual identity (men: gay, 9.2%; bisexual, 7.5%; heterosexual, 3.2%; women: gay/lesbian, 3.2%; bisexual, 7.8%; heterosexual, 1.5%), as did nonmedical prescription stimulant use. Relative to same-gender heterosexuals, gay (AOR=2.61, 95% CI=2.00, 3.40) and bisexual (AOR=1.70, 95% CI=1.24, 2.33) men had higher odds of past-year illegal stimulant use, as did gay/lesbian (AOR=1.63, 95% CI=1.16, 2.28) and bisexual (AOR=2.70, 95% CI=2.23, 3.26) women. Sexual minorities reported higher odds of nonmedical prescription stimulant use than heterosexuals. Any nonmedical prescription opioid use was reported by 26.4% of people who reported nonmedical stimulant use and 27.0% of people who reported illegal stimulant use.
conclusionsLesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals had a higher prevalence of stimulant use than their heterosexual counterparts. This has important implications for health disparities, especially given the high levels of polysubstance use. Taking a multilevel approach is crucial to reduce stimulant-related harms for lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals.
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