Alcohol and illegal drug use behaviors and prescription opioids use: How do nonmedical and medical users compare, and does motive to use really matter?

European Addiction Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 202-210

  Ghandour, Lilian A ^a   El Sayed, Donna S ^a   Martins, Silvia S ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Illegal drugs; Lebanon; Nonmedical use; Prescription opioids; Self medication

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; CANNABIS USE; DSM-IV; GRADUATE STUDENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LEBANESE; LEBANON; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; SELF MEDICATION; SELF REPORT; STREET DRUGS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84873389090     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345445     Document Type: Article

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