Journal
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
Volume 44, Issue 4, Pages 407-409Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.08.010
Keywords
Drug use; Nonmedical use of prescription medications; Rural adolescents
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Little is known about prescription medication abuse by rural youth. We surveyed 849 rural high school students and found that 34% reported lifetime nonmedical use of prescription medication higher than the 12% reported nationally. Boys and marijuana users had higher odds of nonmedical use of prescription medication than did girls or marijuana nonusers (odds ratio 1.9 and 3.8, respectively). (C) 2009 Society for Adolescent Medicine. All rights reserved.
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