title: Novel psychoactive substance use by US adolescents: Characteristics associated with use of synthetic cannabinoids and synthetic cathinones.
abstract: The current study documents the characteristics associated with the use of two novel psychoactive substances: synthetic cannabinoids and synthetic cathinones.
  
  
  
  Nationally representative samples of students in 8th (n = 9665), 10th (n = 10 655) and 12th (n = 10 057) grades across the US were included in the Monitoring the Future study from 2012 to 2014.
  
  
  
  There were relatively few differences in prevalence based on sociodemographic characteristics, although boys were at greater risk for use of synthetic cannabinoids in 12th grade (used by 10.3% of boys and 6.4% of girls) and for use of synthetic cathinones in 10th grade (used by 1.0% of boys and 0.4% of girls). Synthetic drug use was also associated with truancy and use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana.
  
  
  
  Prevention and intervention efforts for novel psychoactive substance use should focus primarily on polysubstance users and youth who are disengaged from school.[Patrick M, O'Malley P, Kloska D, Schulenberg J, Johnston L, Miech R, Bachman J. Novel psychoactive substance use by US adolescents: Characteristics associated with use of synthetic cannabinoids and synthetic cathinones. Drug Alcohol Rev 2016;35:586-590].
authors.affiliation: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. meganpat@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Megan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Patrick
authors.affiliation: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: O'Malley
authors.affiliation: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Kloska
authors.affiliation: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.|Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Schulenberg
authors.affiliation: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: Lloyd D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.affiliation: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Miech
authors.affiliation: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: Jerald G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Bachman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000470:Alkaloids; D002186:Cannabinoids; D055030:Drug Users / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D002186:Cannabinoids; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; C023665:cathinone
keywords: bath salts; novel psychoactive substances; synthetic cannabinoids; synthetic cathinones; synthetic marijuana