Citation

Levine SB, Coupey SM. J. Adolesc. Health 2009; 44(4): 407-409.

Affiliation

Greenwich Adolescent Medicine, LLC, Greenwich, CT 06831, USA. saralevine.md@gmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.08.010

PMID

19306802

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).

Language: en