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SUBMITTER: Martins SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4447574 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martins Silvia S SS Santaella-Tenorio Julian J Marshall Brandon D L BD Maldonado Adriana A Cerdá Magdalena M
Drug and alcohol dependence 20150402
<h4>Background</h4>This study examines changing patterns of past-year heroin use and heroin-related risk behaviors among individuals with nonmedical use of prescription opioids (NMUPO) by racial/ethnic groups in the United States.<h4>Methods</h4>We used data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) from 2002 to 2005 and 2008 to 2011, resulting in a total sample of N = 448,597.<h4>Results</h4>Past-year heroin use increased among individuals with NMUPO and increases varied by freque ...[more]