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Initiation of heroin and prescription opioid pain relievers by birth cohort

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  • Novak, S.P.
  • Bluthenthal, R.
  • Wenger, L.
  • Chu, D.
  • Kral, A.H.

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We examined initiation patterns among different birth cohorts of people who used prescription opioids and heroin because of historical differences in drug use availability. We examined data from a community-based study of persons who inject drugs (n = 483) in California and a general population survey from the National Survey on Drug Use andHealth (n = 1264) and found that individuals born after 1980 were more likely than were individuals born before 1980 to initiate opioids through nonmedical use of prescription opioids than heroin.

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  • Novak, S.P. & Bluthenthal, R. & Wenger, L. & Chu, D. & Kral, A.H., 2016. "Initiation of heroin and prescription opioid pain relievers by birth cohort," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 106(2), pages 298-300.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2015.302972_5
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302972
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