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Survey shows decrease in opioid usage, increase in marijuana use
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
campus security report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6247
pISSN - 1551-2800
DOI - 10.1002/casr.30443
Subject(s) - opioid epidemic , opioid , medicine , opioid abuse , psychiatry , environmental health , receptor
Opioid usage was down in 2017 compared to prior years, but usage of marijuana — particularly among Americans aged 18 to 25 — had increased in 2017 over prior years, according to a study from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. In 2017, approximately 11.4 million people misused opioids, with nearly 60 percent indicating that the main reason they misused opioids was to combat physical pain. That number represents half as many Americans trying opioids in 2017 as they did in 2016.