The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence and patterns associated with past-
year medical use, medical misuse, and nonmedical use of prescription opioids (NMUPO) …

Prescription opioid misuse is a serious public health concern, yet antecedent factors are
poorly described. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult …

Background This longitudinal study assesses characteristics associated with adolescents'
nonmedical use of prescription opioids (NMUPO) including: frequency, co-ingestion …

This study examined the motives for medical misuse of prescription opioids among
adolescents and assessed differences in motives by demographic characteristics, substance …

Purpose The prevalence of past-year prescription opioid use (POU), nonmedical POU
(NMPOU), and POU disorder (POUD) and their correlates were examined in a national …

Background Approximately 18% of US adolescents engaged in prescription opioid abuse in
2013. However, this estimate may be misleading because it includes both medical misusers …

Background Prescription opioid misuse has become a leading cause of unintentional injury
and death among adolescents and young adults in the United States. However, there is …

Trend analyses of prescription opioids in the US indicate use, especially use ofprescription
opioids stronger than morphine, has more than doubled among adults since the early 1990's …

Purpose Our objective was to elucidate the trends in non-medical use of prescription opioids
(NMUPO) among whites, African-Americans, and Hispanic adolescents in the United States …

The objective of this study was to examine the association of context of prescription opioid
exposure (ie, medical or nonmedical) in adolescence with the subsequent risk of …