Initiation Patterns and Transitions Among Adults Using Stimulant Drugs: Latent Transition Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The fourth wave of the drug overdose epidemic in the United States includes increasing rates of stimulant-involved overdose. Recent studies of transitions leading to stimulant misuse have shown complex patterns that are not universally applicable because they have isolated individual populations or individual behaviors. A comprehensive analysis of transitions between behaviors and the associations with present-day problematic drug use has not been conducted.

Objective

This study aims to determine whether adults from the general population who use stimulants initiate use through a heterogeneous combination of behaviors and quantify the association between these typologies with present-day problematic drug use.

Methods

Individuals who have reported use of any

SUBMITTER: Black JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10587808 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature