@article{ref1,
title="Nonmedical prescription drug use among US young adults by educational attainment",
journal="Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology",
year="2014",
author="Martins, Silvia S. and Kim, June H. and Chen, Lian-Yu and Levin, Deysia and Keyes, Katherine M. and Cerdá, Magdalena and Storr, Carla L.",
volume="50",
number="5",
pages="713-724",
abstract="PURPOSE: Little is known about nonmedical use of prescription drugs among non-college-attending young adults in the United States. <br><br>METHODS: Data were drawn from 36,781 young adults (ages 18-22 years) from the 2008-2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health public use files. The adjusted main effects for current educational attainment, along with its interaction with gender and race/ethnicity, were considered. <br><br>RESULTS: Compared to those attending college, non-college-attending young adults with at least and less than a HS degree had a higher prevalence of past-year nonmedical use of prescription opioids [NMUPO 13.1 and 13.2 %, respectively, vs. 11.3 %, adjusted odds ratios (aORs) 1.21 (1.11-1.33) and 1.25 (1.12-1.40)], yet lower prevalence of prescription stimulant use. Among users, regardless of drug type, non-college-attending youth were more likely to have past-year disorder secondary to use [e.g., NMUPO 17.4 and 19.1 %, respectively, vs. 11.7 %, aORs 1.55 (1.22-1.98) and 1.75 (1.35-2.28)]. Educational attainment interacted with gender and race: (1) among nonmedical users of prescription opioids, females who completed high school but were not enrolled in college had a significantly greater risk of opioid disorder (compared to female college students) than the same comparison for men; and (2) the risk for nonmedical use of prescription opioids was negligible across educational attainment groups for Hispanics, which was significantly different than the increased risk shown for non-Hispanic whites. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: There is a need for young adult prevention and intervention programs to target nonmedical prescription drug use beyond college campuses.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0933-7954",
doi="10.1007/s00127-014-0980-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-014-0980-3"
}