Illicit Use of Prescription Stimulants in a College Student Sample: A Theory-Guided Analysis

摘要

BackgroundThe illicit use of prescription stimulants (IUPS) has emerged as a high-risk behavior of the 21^st century college student. As the study of IUPS is relatively new, we aimed to understand 1) characteristics of IUPS (i.e., initiation, administration routes, drug sources, motives, experiences), and 2) theory-guided intrapersonal, interpersonal, and environmental correlates associated with use.