Baby boomers’ appetite grows for nonmedical use of prescription pain drugs
A study presented at last week’s American Public Health Association meeting in Washington DC by researchers at the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, examined trends in nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers among adults aged 50 or older in the U.S.
Researchers studied prevalence and incidence of and factors associated with current (past-year) and previous (lifetime, but not past-year).