Nonmedical Opioid Use in Relation to Recency of Heroin Use in a Nationally Representative Sample of Adults in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13914385 |
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| Authors | Joseph J Palamar (0000-0002-8565-9415, NYU Langone Health, corresponding author), Jenni A Shearston (0000-0002-3277-9958, NYU Langone Health) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-166 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0279-1072 • E-ISSN: 2159-9777 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02791072.2017.1368747 |
| PMID | 28895798 |
| OpenAlex | W2754425298 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
Nonmedical opioid use has been linked to lifetime heroin use; however, research is needed to examine associations between nonmedical opioid use and current or recent heroin use, as current users appear to be at highest risk for harm. Data were from a nationally representative sample of non-institutionalized adults (age 18-64) in households participating in the National Survey of Drug Use and Health who reported lifetime heroin use (2005-2014, N = 7,111). We examined associations between frequency and recency of nonmedical opioid use and recency of heroin use. Most (86.7%) lifetime heroin users reported no heroin use in the last 12 months, while 6.1% reported current use (use in the last 30 days). The majority of the sample (69.3%) reported lifetime nonmedical opioid use; 14.3% reported nonmedical use in the last 30 days. Adjusted odds for current heroin use increased as frequency of past-year nonmedical opioid use increased, with a quarter (24.7%) of current heroin users reporting nonmedical opioid use on 157-365 days in the last year. Over half (54.7%) of current heroin users reported current nonmedical opioid use. Prevention efforts should consider that high-frequency and current nonmedical opioid use is a robust correlate of continued heroin use
Drug · Harm reduction · Heroin · Logistic regression · Odds · Opioid · Psychiatry · Public health · Quarter (Canadian coin · Medicine · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Internal Medicine
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