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Prevalence of Narcotic Analgesic Abuse Among Students: Individual or Polydrug Abuse?
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158:498-499.
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Recent national surveys indicate significant levels of nonmedical use of prescription narcotic analgesics by American youth. Data from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health1 indicate that 7.6% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 11.4% of 18- to 25-year-olds abused prescription pain relievers in the past year, with a more than 4-fold increase in the number of new users of these drugs since 1990. The 2002 Monitoring the Future Survey2 indicated that 1.3% of 8th graders, 3% of 10th graders, and 4% of 12th graders used OxyContin during the past year, and even larger proportions (2.5%, 6.9%, and 9.6%, respectively) used Vicodin during the past year.
Questions on painkiller use were included for the first time in 2002 in annual surveys of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse conducted anonymously in Delaware public school 8th and 11th grade classrooms. The final samples included 6753 8th graders and 4880 11th . . . [Full Text of this Article]
James A. Inciardi, PhD;
Hilary L. Surratt, MA, MPhil
Coral Gables, Fla
Steven S. Martin, MA, MSc;
Roberta Gealt, MA
Newark, Del
Corresponding author and reprints: James A. Inciardi, PhD, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies at the University of Delaware, 2100 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Suite 1180, Coral Gables, FL 33134 (e-mail: inciardi@udel.edu).
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