3104.0 Identifying and Assessing Prescription Drug Abuse Risks across Populations

Monday, October 29, 2012: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session examines identifying and assessing prescription drug abuse risks across populations. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the misuse of prescription drugs, particularly pain relievers, ranks second only to marijuana use among the nation's most prevalent illicit drug use behaviors. This increase is associated with epidemic levels of abuse, addiction, and overdose hospitalizations and deaths. Prescription drug misuse is most prevalent among young adults aged 18-25, and opioids are the most frequently misused class of prescription drug among youth. Longitudinal research indicates that youth attenuate, maintain, or escalate opioid misuse over time, suggesting that misuse follows different temporal trajectories. Assessing non-prescribed legal opioid use prior to heroin initiation by young non-injecting heroin users is also critical.
Session Objectives: Describe the differences in prescription drug abuse rates in different populations. Assess groups for highest risks and identify intervention strategies.
Moderator:

10:30am
Correlates and consequences of opioid misuse trajectories among high-risk prescription drug users
Sheree M. Schrager, MS, PhD, Jennifer Jackson Bloom, MPH, Ellen Iverson, MPH and Stephen E. Lankenau, PhD
10:50am
Prescription opioid misuse and heroin initiation by young urban and suburban non-injecting heroin users in Chicago
Lawrence J. Ouellet, PhD, Basmattee Boodram, PhD, MPH, Elijah Ward, PhD and Dita Broz, PhD, MPH
11:10am
Measuring prescription drug misuse in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Larry A. Kroutil, MPH, Joel Kennet, Elizabeth Dean, Patricia LeBaron, Dicy Painter and Peggy Barker
11:30am
Prevalence of opioid pain reliever use and the relationship with mental health among soldiers
Robin L. Toblin, PhD, MPH, Kristina Clarke-Walper, MPH, Philip J. Quartana, PhD and Lyndon Riviere, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Endorsed by: Mental Health, Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Public Health Nursing, Community Health Planning and Policy Development

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)