Self-Reported ADHD Diagnosis and Illicit Drug Use and Prescription Medication Misuse Among U.S. Working-Age Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate differences by self-reported lifetime ADHD diagnosis status in the percentage of U.S. working-age (18- to 64-year-old) adults in 2023 who report lifetime and past-year use or misuse of 11 different categories of illicit drugs and prescription medications, overall and among those without a self-reported drug use disorder (DUD).

Method

We analyze data from the 2023 National Wellbeing Survey (total sample unweighted N = 7,044; no DUD sample unweighted N = 6,484) to estimate lifetime and past-year use of seven illicit drugs (marijuana, powder cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, and hallucinogens) and misuse of four prescription medications (opioids, tranquilizers, sedatives, and stimulants) among working-age adults, by s

SUBMITTER: London AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12444879 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature