Background This study examined lifetime non-medical prescription drug use among college
students at a small liberal arts college in the Northeast. We assessed the motives, frequency …

This study identifies the prevalence, correlates, and sources associated with the illicit use of
prescription pain medication among undergraduate college students. A cross-sectional, web …

Aims To examine the prevalence rates and correlates of non‐medical use of prescription
stimulants (Ritalin, Dexedrine or Adderall) among US college students in terms of student …

Nonmedical use of prescription medications is a growing health problem including not only
the opioid painkiller overdose epidemic but also benzodiazepine and stimulants misuse …

To assess the prevalence and motives for illicit use of prescription stimulants and alcohol
and other drugs (AODs), associated with these motives, the authors distributed a self …

Objectives To examine trends in the lifetime and past-year prevalence of medical use,
diversion, and nonmedical use of four prescription medication classes (ie, sedative/anxiety …

The authors investigated the medical use, illicit use, and diversion of 4 distinct classes of
abusable prescription medication (sleeping medication, sedative or anxiety medication …

Nonmedical use of prescription stimulants and analgesics was assessed from personal
interviews with a stratified random sample of 1,253 first-year college students ages 17 to 20 …

Objectives: To examine medical and nonmedical users of prescription opioids, central
nervous system depressants, and stimulants taken individually and in combination …

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the prevalence rates and correlates of nonmedical use
of prescription opioid analgesics among US college students in terms of student and college …