Non-medical use of prescription drugs and its association with heroin use among high school students.
Introduction: There is an established link between non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) and heroin use among adults; however, little is known about this relationship among adolescents. We investigate this association among a nationally-representative sample of U.S. high school students. Met...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Substance Use Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 102 - 108 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2017
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