Receipt of Prescribed Controlled Substances by Adolescents and Young Adults Prior to Presenting for Opiate Dependence Treatment

Table 2

Likelihood of filling prescriptions for specific drug classes by gender, type of opiate dependence, and age.

Characteristic	Opiate	Other analgesic	Benzodiazepine	Stimulant
Gender:
% of females who filled each drug class	58.1	29.7	24.3^a	10.8
% of males who filled each drug class	49.0	17.6	9.8^a	15.7
Type of opiate dependence:
% of Rx opiate-only dependents who filled each drug class	67.4	21.7	23.9	17.4
% of heroin + Rx opiate dependents who filled each drug class	48.2	37.0	18.5	3.7
% of heroin-only dependents who filled each drug class	46.2	21.2	13.5	13.5
Mean age by receipt of specific drug class:
Yes	18.8^b	19.3^b	18.9	17.2^b
No	18.1^b	18.2^b	18.4	18.7^b

^aComparison significant at 𝑃<0.05.
^bComparison significant at 𝑃<0.01.