Citation

Veliz PT, Boyd C, McCabe SE. Am. J. Public Health 2013; 103(5): e28-30.

Affiliation

Philip Veliz, Carol Boyd, and Sean Esteban McCabe are with the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2013.301242

PMID

23488520

Abstract

We assessed the nonmedical use of prescription opioids (NMUPO) among adolescents who participate in competitive sports. Using data from Monitoring the Future, we found that adolescent participants in high-injury sports had 50% higher odds of NMUPO than adolescents who did not participate in these types of sports (i.e., nonparticipants and participants in other sports). Detecting certain subpopulations of youths at risk for NMUPO should be a central concern among health care providers. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print March 14, 2013: e1-e3. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301242).

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