Pills to Powder: A 17-Year Transition From Prescription Opioids to Heroin Among US Adolescents Followed Into Adulthood

Esteban McCabe, Sean; J. Boyd, Carol; J. Evans‐Polce, Rebecca; V. McCabe, Vita; E. Schulenberg, John; Veliz, Philip

doi:10.1097/adm.0000000000000741

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Pills to Powder: A 17-Year Transition From Prescription Opioids to Heroin Among US Adolescents Followed Into Adulthood

Published in Journal of Addiction Medicine • Sep 24, 2020

Authors:

Sean Esteban McCabe

Carol J. Boyd

Rebecca J. Evans‐Polce

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To examine the longitudinal relationships between US adolescents' prescription opioid use and misuse and any subsequent heroin use in adulthood. METHODS: Nationally representative samples of adolescents from 25 independent cohorts were surveyed via self-administered questionnaires and fo...

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Medicine

Heroin

Medical prescription

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