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Prescription drug use, health services utilization and health problems in rural Appalachian Kentucky
(Usage détourné de médicaments prescrits, utilisation des services de santé et problèmes de santé dans la région rurale appalachienne du Kentucky)
Auteur(s) :
LEUKEFELD, K. ;
McDONALD, H. S. ;
MATEYOKE-SCRIVNER A. ;
ROBERTO H. ;
WALKER, R. ;
WEBSTER, M. ;
GARRITY T.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
631-643
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Thésaurus géographique
AMERIQUE DU NORD
Thésaurus mots-clés
MESUSAGE
;
PRESCRIPTION MEDICALE
;
OPIACES
;
MEDICAMENTS
;
MILIEU RURAL
;
ACCES AUX SOINS
;
DISPOSITIF DE SOIN
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 2005, 35, (3), 631-643
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Rural states like Kentucky now lead the nation in the illicit diversion of narcotic prescription drugs. In order to understand this phenomenon, we examine the currently popularly abused prescription drug OxyContin° by comparing differences in drug use, health services use, and criminality among a nontreatment group of rural Appalachian probationers who reported using OxyContin°(n = 101) with nonusers of OxyContin°(n = 194). Although OxyContin° users were younger, a number of differences emerged. OxyContin° users exhibited higher levels of use for 15 illicit drugs examined; used more detoxification services; attended more AA/NA meetings; reported more depression, anxiety, trouble concentrating, and violence; and reported more crime for 16 crimes. We discuss the implications of OxyContin° use including the possibility that it may be a marker for other illicit rural drug use. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Dept Behav. Sci, Ctr Drug Alcohol Res., Univ. Kentucky
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.