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Direct linkMcCabe, Sean Esteban; Boyd, Carol J. – Prevention Researcher, 2012
Adolescents' motives for engaging in nonmedical prescription drug use is somewhat different than their reasons for using other drugs, such as marijuana. For some youth, nonmedical prescription drug use is an attempt to self-treat a medical condition, for others it is an effort to get high, and some youth misuse prescription drugs for both reasons.…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Prevention, Drug Abuse, Drug Use
