Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE
Volume 33, Issue 6, Pages 875-884Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/00952990701667347
Keywords
gender; prescription drugs; sexual orientation; youth
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- NIDA NIH HHS [R01 DA014925-02S1, R01 DA014925-04, R01 DA014925-03, R01 DA014925-01A2, R01 DA014925, R01 DA014925-02] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE [R01DA014925] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Nonmedical prescription (Rx) drug use has recently increased, particularly among young adults. Using time-space sampling to generate a probability-based sample of club-going young adults (18 - 29), 400 subjects provided data on Rx drug misuse. Club-going young adults misuse Rx drugs at high rates. An overwhelming majority of the sample indicated lifetime use of pain killers, sedatives, and stimulants. A majority indicated recent pain killer use. Variations by gender and sexuality exist in this population. Young lesbian/bisexual women emerged as the group most likely to abuse Rx drugs. Research into the contexts influencing these patterns is imperative.
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