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Strategies Needed to Prevent Diversion of Prescription Opioids to Youth

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Despite the well-documented detrimental effects of opioid abuse, misuse of prescription opioids remains high among adolescents and young adults in the U.S. While measures have been implemented to prevent prescription opioid diversion, such as prescription drug monitoring programs, access to friends’...

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Hudgins, J. D., Porter, J. J., Monuteaux, M. C., & Bourgeois, F. T. (2019). Prescription opioid use and misuse among adolescents and young adults in the United States: A national survey study. PLOS Medicine, 16(11). doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002922
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United States
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Scientific article
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Prevention
Keywords
Adolescent drug use
NSDUH
prescription opioids
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https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002922
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