title: "Bath salt" use among a nationally representative sample of high school seniors in the United States.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  "Bath salts" are new drugs which have received extensive media attention. However, national studies in the U.S. have not investigated prevalence or correlates of use.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were examined from Monitoring the Future, a representative sample of U.S. high school seniors (2012-2013, N = 8,604).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only 1.1% of high school seniors used "bath salts" in the last year and the strongest correlate of use was use of other drugs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  "Bath salt" use is not very prevalent, but users of other drugs are at highest risk for use.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We must continue to monitor new drugs in order to inform prevention and quickly detect potential epidemics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Health, New York University, Langone Medical Center, New York, New York.|Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, NYU College of Nursing, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Palamar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019969:Amphetamine-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015198:Designer Drugs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015198:Designer Drugs