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Kansas prescription drug and opioid misuse and overdose strategic plan, 2018 : building a collaborative response to the crisis in Kansas

open access: yes, 2018
"July 2018." Includes bibliographical reference."While Kansas is not experiencing the dramatic increase in opioid-related morbidity and mortality as compared to other states, it is a growing and emerging threat that requires state level preparedness ...
Kansas Prescription Drug and Opioid Advisory Committee.
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The Pitfalls and Promises of Sports Participation and Prescription Drug Misuse Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

open access: yesYouth
Though previous studies have demonstrated the protective benefits of sports participation against illicit drug use for a general population, how these findings apply to LGBTQ youth remains unknown.
Lindsay Kahle Semprevivo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs among Medical Students and the Relationship With Illicit Drug, Tobacco, and Alcohol Use

open access: yesSubstance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2018
Nonmedical use of prescription medications is a growing health problem including not only the opioid painkiller overdose epidemic but also benzodiazepine and stimulants misuse.
Georgios Papazisis   +2 more
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Patterns of Prescription Drug Misuse among Young Injection Drug Users [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Urban Health, 2012
Misuse of prescription drugs and injection drug use has increased among young adults in the USA. Despite these upward trends, few studies have examined prescription drug misuse among young injection drug users (IDUs). A qualitative study was undertaken to describe current patterns of prescription drug misuse among young IDUs.
Stephen E, Lankenau   +5 more
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Exploring new avenues: Psychedelic‐assisted therapy for young people

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Rates of mental illness in young people are increasing, whereas the development of novel mental health treatments has not significantly progressed. Psychedelic‐assisted therapy, using substances such as psilocybin and 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), has shown potential in the treatment of mental illnesses in the adult population, including ...
Ioanna Artemis Vamvakopoulou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combinations of prescription drug misuse and illicit drugs among young adults [PDF]

open access: yesAddictive Behaviors, 2014
Prescription drug misuse remains a critical drug trend. Data indicate that young adults in nightlife scenes misuse prescription drugs at high rates. As such, continued surveillance of the patterns of prescription drug misuse among young adults is necessary, particularly assessments that spotlight specific areas of risk, such as polydrug use.Prevalence ...
Brian C, Kelly   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Drug misuse statistics Scotland 2003. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Section 1: Draws together data from national data sources and presents information and comment on various topics relating to drug misuse • Illicit drug use in Scotland • Drug Injecting, sharing of injecting equipment and infectious diseases ...

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Gabapentinoids‐duloxetine combination therapy for chronic pain: A mechanism oriented rational to bridge theoretical knowledge and real life setting

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Chronic pain represents a complex debilitating condition that extends beyond the protective function of physiological pain, often persisting as an independent disease entity. Chronic primary and secondary pain syndromes reflect a multifaceted continuum involving nociceptive, neuropathic and nociplastic mechanisms.
Stefania Nobili   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prescription drug monitoring programs and prescription pain medication misuse among U.S. high school students—2019

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are state-level databases that track and inform prescribing practices to reduce prescription drug diversion and misuse.
Kevin Liu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prescription Drug Misuse Among Club Drug-Using Young Adults [PDF]

open access: yesThe American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2007
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
Brian C, Kelly, Jeffrey T, Parsons
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