Prescription drug misuse among club drug-using young adults.
Nonmedical prescription (Rx) drug use has recently increased, particularly among young adults. Using time-space sampling to generate a probability-based sample of club-going young adults (18-29), 400 subjects provided data on Rx drug misuse. Club-going young adults misuse Rx drugs at high rates. An overwhelming majority of the sample indicated lifetime use of pain killers, sedatives, and stimulants. A majority indicated recent pain killer use. Variations by gender and sexuality exist in this population. Young lesbian/bisexual women emerged as the group most likely to abuse Rx drugs. Research into the contexts influencing these patterns is imperative.
Kelly
Brian C
BC
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Parsons
Jeffrey T
JT
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives