title: Nonmedical use of prescription medications: an emerging risk behavior among rural adolescents.
abstract: Little is known about prescription medication abuse by rural youth. We surveyed 849 rural high school students and found that 34% reported lifetime nonmedical use of prescription medication higher than the 12% reported nationally. Boys and marijuana users had higher odds of nonmedical use of prescription medication than did girls or marijuana nonusers (odds ratio 1.9 and 3.8, respectively).
authors.affiliation: Greenwich Adolescent Medicine, LLC, Greenwich, CT 06831, USA. saralevine.md@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sara B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Coupey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004348:Drug Labeling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055553:Prescription Drugs; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012424:Rural Population; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014707:Vermont / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D055553:Prescription Drugs