Research Article
Understanding Nonprescription and Prescription Drug Misuse in Late Adolescence/Young Adulthood
Table 1
Descriptive statistics for the sample.
| | | Users
(%) | Age of first use in years
(SD) | Perceived risk
(SD) | Perceived societal stigma, parent
(SD) | Perceived societal stigma, peer
(SD) |
| | Prescription drugs | | | | | | | Prescription pain | 50 (10.7) | 17.32 (1.48) | 5.30 (1.71) | 4.38 (.90) | 3.93 (1.09) | Prescription sedatives
and tranquilizers | 22 (4.7) | 17.23 (1.66) | 5.84 (1.43) | 4.71 (.60) | 4.23 (.90) | | Prescription stimulants | 41 (8.8) | 18.05 (2.30) | 5.06 (1.83) | 4.51 (.85) | 3.98 (1.09) | | Nonprescription drugs | | | | | | | Nonprescription pain | 61 (13.1) | 15.18 (2.84) | 3.60 (2.00) | 2.43 (1.21) | 3.19 (1.33) | Nonprescription
sleeping pills | 22 (4.7) | 17.09 (1.60) | 4.82 (1.74) | 3.95 (1.12) | 3.77 (1.11) | | No distinction | | | | | | | Cough/cold syrup | 42 (9) | 15.33 (3.18) | 3.99 (2.00) | 2.70 (1.31) | 3.42 (1.31) | | Illicit drugs | | | | | | | Marijuana | 134 (29.9) | 17.78 (1.67) | 5.07 (1.90) | 4.87 (.48) | 3.49 (1.37) | | Crack or cocaine | 10 (2.1) | 17.80 (1.55) | 6.76 (.71) | 4.97 (.30) | 4.73 (.58) |
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