Sources of nonmedically used prescription stimulants: differences in onset, recency and severity of misuse in a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Epidemiological data indicate that nonmedical use of prescription stimulants has increased over the past decade. However, little is known regarding the source of the misused stimulants and whether different sources correspond to differences in risk profiles and associated social and health problems.

Method

Data from the 2006 to 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health were used. A total of 4945 participants who used prescription stimulants nonmedically and also reported their source of misused stimulants were categorized by the source: friend/relative, physician and illegal. Logistic regression models compared the socio-demographic, mental health and behavioral problems, and stimulant use-related problems (onset, recency, frequency, severity) according to the source o

SUBMITTER: Chen LY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4254583 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature