Polysubstance Use Among US Women of Reproductive Age Who Use Opioids for Nonmedical Reasons.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence and patterns of polysubstance use among US reproductive-aged women who use opioids for nonmedical purposes. METHODS:We used the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (2005-2014) data on female respondents aged 18 to 44 years reporting nonmedical opioid use in the past 30 days (unweighted n = 4498). We categorized patterns of polysubstance use in the past 30 days, including cigarettes, binge drinking, and other legal and illicit substances and reported prevalence adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, and educational attainment. RESULTS:Of all women with nonmedical opioid use, 11% reported only opioid use. Polysubstance use was highest in non-Hispanic White women and women with lower educational attainment. The most frequently used other substances among women using opioids nonmedically were cigarettes (56.2% smoked > 5 cigarettes per day), binge drinking (49.7%), and marijuana (32.4%). Polysubstance use was similarly prevalent among pregnant women with nonmedical opioid use. CONCLUSIONS:Polysubstance use is highly prevalent among US reproductive-aged women reporting nonmedical opioid use. Public Health Implications. Interventions are needed that address concurrent use of multiple substances.

journal_name

Am J Public Health

authors

Jarlenski M,Barry CL,Gollust S,Graves AJ,Kennedy-Hendricks A,Kozhimannil K

doi

10.2105/AJPH.2017.303825

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-08-01 00:00:00

pages

1308-1310

issue

8

eissn

0090-0036

issn

1541-0048

journal_volume

107

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