Risk and Protective Factors for Nonmedical Use of Prescription Stimulants and Methamphetamine among Adolescents

Methamphetamine Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors in U.S. High School Students: Findings from a National Risk Behavior Survey

“…The comparable prevalence rates found in this study between lifetime methamphetamine use and lifetime cocaine use and the more than double the prevalence rate of lifetime heroin use underscore the importance of continued efforts to target methamphetamine in youth substance use prevention programs. Although past research based on nationally representative data of U.S. youths has found females to be more likely to use methamphetamine (Wu, Schlenger, & Galvin, 2006;Herman-Stahl, Krebs, Kroutil, & Heller, 2006), we found a slightly higher prevalence of lifetime methamphetamine use among male students. Males have been found to be more likely to be approached by someone selling illegal drugs (Storr, Chen, & Anthony, 2004) and to have more opportunities to use drugs (Van Etten & Anthony, 2001).…”

“…As methamphetamine use may stem from distinct social influences and contexts, including family conflict (Herman-Stahl et al, 2006), neighborhood disadvantage (Storr et al, 2004), pressures resulting from economic hardship (Wermuth, 2000), and gay sexual subcultures that place emphasis on peak sexual performance (Green & Halkitis, 2006), further research is needed to identify the social contextual influences of methamphetamine use in high school students as well as the broader population of young people in order to target specific subgroups of at-risk youth and guide the development of context-specific interventions and prevention messages.…”

Trends in prescription drug abuse and dependence, co-occurrence with other substance use disorders, and treatment utilization: Results from two national surveys

“…Previous research has shown that non-medical use of prescription drugs is highly associated with other drug use behaviors, including cigarette smoking, heaving drinking, marijuana use, and other illicit drug use among adolescents Herman-Stahl et al, 2006;McCabe et al, 2004) and adults (Herman-Stahl et al, 2007;Huang et al, 2006;McCabe et al, 2006a;SAMHSA, 2006a). Although associations between non-medical use of prescription drugs and other substance use behaviors are important to understand, the relationships between prescription drug use disorders and other substance use disorders have important implications for developing effective prevention and intervention strategies.…”

Non-medical use of prescription drugs by young men: impact of potentially traumatic events and of social-environmental stressors

“…These findings are in line with studies indicating that adolescents with strong bonds to their family or school are less likely to engage in NMUPD (Cerda et al, 2014; Ford, 2009). Intense conflicts with parents have been shown to be significantly correlated with the NMU of psychostimulants by adolescents (Herman-Stahl et al, 2006). As to the influence of their relationships with peers, the literature indicates that deviant behaviour by peers, including NMUPD or the use of illicit substances, contributes highly to the transgression of norms, NMUPD, and SU in adolescents (Beal, Ausiello, & Perrin, 2001; Loke, Mak, & Wu, 2016).…”

“…Also, although NMUPD is an umbrella term for many distinct classes of drugs with different pharmacological properties, many studies focus on single substance classes, such as stimulants or opioids (Herman-Stahl, Krebs, Kroutil, & Heller, 2006; Joffe, 2014; McCabe et al, 2013; Sung, Richter, Vaughan, Johnson, & Thom, 2005). Further, specific NMUPD depends also on personality traits: whereas sociability was inversely related to NMPDU of sleeping pills and tranquilizers, it was shown that sensation seeking was solely related to use of psychostimulants (N’Goran et al, 2015).…”