Open AccessPrescription Drug Abuse and Diversion Among Adolescents in a Southeast Michigan School District
Author(s) -
Carol J. Boyd,
Sean Esteban McCabe,
James A. Cranford,
Amy Young
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.161.3.276
Subject(s) - medical prescription , medicine , stimulant , anxiety , substance abuse , family medicine , demography , psychiatry , pediatrics , nursing , sociology
To determine the prevalence of medical use of 4 classes of prescription medications relative to nonmedical use (illicit use), to examine the relative rates among the 4 drug classes, and to assess whether gender differences exist in the trading, selling, loaning, or giving away of medications.
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