title: Adolescent abuse of other drugs.
abstract: This article provides a general overview of other drugs of abuse within the adolescent population. Stimulants, hallucinogens, club drugs, inhalants, sedative-hypnotics, tranquilizers, opiates, and ergogenic drugs are included. Epidemiology, pharmacology, clinical aspects, laboratory, and treatment issues are addressed. Attention is focused on most commonly used drugs or representative drugs within each category. Review of alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco abuse can be found in other articles.
authors.affiliation: Adolescent Medicine Section, San Antonio Military Pediatric Center, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3851 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA. jeffery.greenee@cen.amedd.army.mil
authors.forename: Jeffery P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: Dale
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ahrendt
authors.forename: Elisabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Stafford
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004333:Drug Administration Routes; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000494:pharmacology; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs