"This study examined the utilization of the Internet by young adults as a source of information for the misuse of prescription drugs. Collected during 2008-2009, the data presented here comes from semistructured interviews (N = 62) conducted in a northwestern city of the United States through support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse," scientists in Missoula, United States report (see also Addiction Medicine).
"Previous studies characterize young adults as particularly vulnerable to online prescription drug information that analysts portray as having a significant, invariably detrimental, impact on youth drug use behaviors. The results presented here suggest that young adults are more skeptical and information savvy than many substance abuse analysts acknowledge," wrote G. Quintero and colleagues, University of Montana.
The researchers concluded: "In addition, knowledge and experiences generated from legitimate medical uses of pharmaceuticals influence individuals' information assessment and evaluation practices employed in the nonmedical misuse of prescription drugs."
Quintero and colleagues published their study in Substance Use & Misuse (''Most of the Time You Already Know'': Pharmaceutical Information Assembly by Young Adults on the Internet. Substance Use & Misuse, 2011;46(7):898-909).
For additional information, contact H. Bundy, University of Montana, Dept. of Anthropol, 32 Campus Dr., Missoula, MT 59803, United States.
The publisher's contact information for the journal Substance Use & Misuse is: Informa Healthcare, Telephone House, 69-77 Paul Street, London EC2A 4LQ, England.
Keywords: City:Missoula, State:Montana, Country:United States, Region:North and Central America, Addiction Medicine
This article was prepared by Biotech Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2011, Biotech Week via NewsRx.com.
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