TY - JOUR
T1 - Prescription drug use, health services utilization, and health problems in rural appalachian Kentucky
AU - Leukefeld, Carl
AU - Mcdonald, Hope Smiley
AU - Mateyoke-Scrivner, Allison
AU - Roberto, Heather
AU - Walker, Robert
AU - Webster, Matthew
AU - Garrity, Thomas
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1177/002204260503500312
DO - 10.1177/002204260503500312
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:25844480850
SN - 0022-0426
VL - 35
SP - 631
EP - 643
JO - Journal of Drug Issues
JF - Journal of Drug Issues
IS - 3
ER -
