Trends in medical use, diversion, and nonmedical use of prescription medications among college students from 2003 to 2013: Connecting the dots

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1176-1182

  McCabe, Sean Esteban ^a   West, Brady T ^a   Teter, Christian J ^b   Boyd, Carol J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Diversion; Nonmedical use; Prescription medication; Substance abuse; Trend

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMPHETAMINE PLUS DEXAMPHETAMINE; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PERCOCET; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COLLEGE STUDENT LIFE SURVEY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRESCRIPTION DRUG DIVERSION; PREVALENCE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898668024     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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