Shifting Pathways of Stimulant Use Among Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder: A Retrospective Analysis of the Last Thirty Years.

ABSTRACT: Background: Stimulant use among individuals with opioid use disorder has recently increased, driven by changes in drug distribution channels. However, our understanding of polysubstance use is often limited by a need to provide targeted treatment to a primary drug of addiction. Yet there is a crucial need to better understand pathways to addiction, and how the use of multiple substances may differ between populations, as well as time periods. Methods: Using a national opioid surveillance system, we analyzed survey data from new entrants to 124 opioid use disorder treatment centers from 2017 to 2020. Age of first use was collected for prescription opioids, illicit opioids, prescription stimulants, crack/cocaine, and methamphetamines. Year of initial use of an opioid or stimula

SUBMITTER: Ellis MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8721201 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature