Objective To estimate the prevalence, distribution, and correlates of drug use among middle
aged and elderly persons in the United States and to compare with alcohol use in this age …

Objectives To examine the prevalence, sociodemographic, and health-related correlates of
substance use disorders, including alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical drug use among …

Objective: The purpose of this article was to estimate the prevalence, distribution, and
correlates of at-risk alcohol use (especially binge drinking) among middle-aged and elderly …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence and sociodemographic and health‐related
correlates of substance use, including alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical drug use, in adults …

Background Globally, adults aged 65 years or older will increase from 516 million in 2009 to
an estimated 1.53 billion in 2050. Due to substance use at earlier ages that may continue …

Objective: Substance abuse among older adults is a looming public health concern. The
number of Americans aged 50+ years with a substance use disorder is projected to double …

Objective: To estimate 1-year prevalence and correlates of alcohol abuse, dependence, and
subthreshold dependence (diagnostic orphans) among middle-aged and elderly persons in …

Background: Epidemiological studies show that the number of older adults using marijuana
is increasing. This study aimed to determine the correlates and patterns of marijuana use …

Background Although research has documented age differences in substance use, less is
known about how prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) vary across age and differ …

Background: Substance use is an emerging public health issue among the nation's older
adults. To understand the magnitude of this emerging issue, it is useful to examine the …