Differences in Prevalence of Prescription Opiate Misuse Among Rural and Urban Probationers
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
- Vol. 33 (2), 309-317
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990601175078
Abstract
We compared the prevalence of prescription opiate misuse among 2 cohorts of felony probationers (N = 1525). Multiple logistic regression was utilized to determine the independent correlates of prescription opiate misuse among rural (n = 782) and urban (n = 743) probationers participating in an HIV-intervention study. After adjustment for differences in demographic and drug use characteristics, rural participants were almost five times more likely than their urban counterparts to have misused prescription opiates. The prevalence of prescription opiate misuse was significantly higher among the rural probationers; however, given the paucity of illicit opiates and relatively recent emergence of prescription opiates in rural areas, rural substance abuse treatment may be ill-prepared to treat prescription opiate misuse.Keywords
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