Background Benzodiazepine misuse is a growing public health problem, with increases in
benzodiazepine-related overdose deaths and emergency room visits in recent years …

Prescription drug misuse (PDM), or medication use without a prescription or in ways not
intended by the prescriber, is a notable public health concern, especially in the United …

Background Prevalence of fentanyl-laced counterfeit prescription pills has been increasing
in the US, possibly placing a wider population at risk for unintentional exposure. We aimed …

The US opioid epidemic is a critical public health problem. As substance use and misuse
typically begin in adolescence and emerging adulthood, there is a critical need for …

Pediatric postoperative opioid prescribing and the opioid cr... : Current Opinion in Pediatrics
Pediatric postoperative opioid prescribing and the opioid crisis : Current Opinion in Pediatrics …

Objective Adolescent controlled prescription drug misuse (PDM) co-occurs with significant
consequences, including lower educational achievement, substance use disorder (SUD) …

Despite increasing rates of prescription opioid (PO) misuse in adults 50 years of age and
older, little research has investigated such misuse in this population. This work aimed to …

Objectives Given the rising prevalence of psychiatric symptomatology among college
students, this analysis aims to identify temporal trends in psychiatric medication usage …

Stimulants are effective in treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Psychiatrist Charles Bradley first made this discovery in 1937 when he found that children …

Background Nonmedical prescription psychiatric drug use (NMPDU) is an increasing global
health problem, with recent concern focusing on darknet cryptomarkets as sources of …