Open AccessOpioid-Related Disparities in Sexual Minority Youth, 2017
Author(s) -
J. Deanna Wilson,
Natalie Sumetsky,
Robert W. S. Coulter,
Jane M. Liebschutz,
Elizabeth Miller,
Christina Mair
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of addiction medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1935-3227
pISSN - 1932-0620
DOI - 10.1097/adm.0000000000000628
Subject(s) - medicine , heroin , sexual minority , lesbian , odds ratio , opioid , odds , opioid use disorder , demography , psychiatry , prescription drug misuse , logistic regression , clinical psychology , psychology , drug , receptor , sociology , psychoanalysis
In light of the opioid epidemic, it is essential to understand which subgroups of youth are at elevated risk for opioid use. Sexual minority groups have increased rates of substance use compared to heterosexual youth. Our study aims to examine the prevalence of both prescription opioid misuse and heroin use in adolescents. We then examine odds of prescription opioid misuse and heroin use adjusting for common covariates.