Background Benzodiazepine misuse is a growing public health problem, with increases in
benzodiazepine-related overdose deaths and emergency room visits in recent years …

Importance Opioids are frequently prescribed to children and adolescents after surgery.
Prescription opioid misuse is associated with high-risk behavior in youth. Evidence-based …

Background Prescription opioid misuse has become a leading cause of unintentional injury
and death among adolescents and young adults in the United States. However, there is …

The prevalence of opioid use and misuse has provoked a staggering number of deaths over
the past two and a half decades. Much attention has focused on individual risks according to …

The purpose was to systematically review the global trends and factors influencing self-
medication (SM) among adolescents. Databases (Medline/Pubmed, Ingenta, Cochrane …

Purpose This study examines differences in prescription opioid misuse (POM) among
adolescents in rural, small urban, and large urban areas of the United States and identifies …

Aims To review the current research of hidden populations of illicit drugs users using web‐
based methods and discuss major advantages and disadvantages. Methods Systematic …

PURPOSE: The purpose of this review was to systematically summarize research on
nonmedical use of prescription medications (NMUPM) among US adolescents, with specific …

OBJECTIVE: The nonmedical use of prescription drugs by adolescents and young adults
has surpassed all illicit drugs except marijuana, yet little is known about prescribing patterns …

Objectives To determine the prevalence of medical and nonmedical use of prescription
opioids among high school seniors in the United States and to assess substance use …