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Illicit and nonmedical drug use among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, and mixed-race individuals.

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2013-12
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Wu, Li-Tzy
Blazer, Dan G
Swartz, Marvin S
Burchett, Bruce
Brady, Kathleen T
NIDA AAPI Workgroup
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The racial/ethnic composition of the United States is shifting rapidly, with non-Hispanic Asian-Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (NHs/PIs), and mixed-race individuals the fastest growing segments of the population. We determined new drug use estimates for these rising groups. Prevalences among Whites were included as a comparison.Data were from the 2005-2011 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. Substance use among respondents aged ≥ 12 years was assessed by computer-assisted self-interviewing methods. Respondents' self-reported race/ethnicity, age, gender, household income, government assistance, county type, residential stability, major depressive episode, history of being arrested, tobacco use, and alcohol use were examined as correlates. We stratified the analysis by race/ethnicity and used logistic regression to estimate odds of drug use.Prevalence of past-year marijuana use among Whites increased from 10.7% in 2005 to 11.6-11.8% in 2009-2011 (P<0.05). There were no significant yearly changes in drug use prevalences among Asian-Americans, NHs/PIs, and mixed-race people; but use of any drug, especially marijuana, was prevalent among NHs/PIs and mixed-race people (21.2% and 23.3%, respectively, in 2011). Compared with Asian-Americans, NHs/PIs had higher odds of marijuana use, and mixed-race individuals had higher odds of using marijuana, cocaine, hallucinogens, stimulants, sedatives, and tranquilizers. Compared with Whites, mixed-race individuals had greater odds of any drug use, mainly marijuana, and NHs/PIs resembled Whites in odds of any drug use.Findings reveal alarmingly prevalent drug use among NHs/PIs and mixed-race people. Research on drug use is needed in these rising populations to inform prevention and treatment efforts.
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Journal article
Subject
NIDA AAPI Workgroup
Humans
Substance-Related Disorders
Opioid-Related Disorders
Prevalence
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Odds Ratio
Cross-Sectional Studies
Alcohol Drinking
Smoking
Marijuana Smoking
Health Behavior
Socioeconomic Factors
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Middle Aged
Child
Asian Americans
European Continental Ancestry Group
Oceanic Ancestry Group
Ethnic Groups
United States
Female
Male
Young Adult
Prescription Drug Misuse
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/19972
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10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.06.008
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Wu, Li-Tzy; Blazer, Dan G; Swartz, Marvin S; Burchett, Bruce; Brady, Kathleen T; & NIDA AAPI Workgroup (2013). Illicit and nonmedical drug use among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, and mixed-race individuals. Drug and alcohol dependence, 133(2). pp. 360-367. 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.06.008. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/19972.
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Blazer

Daniel German Blazer

J. P. Gibbons Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
I am currently semi-retired. Most of my recent work has been focused on roles with the National Academy of Medicine (former Institute of Medicine). I have chaired three committees during the past four years, one on the mental health and substance use workforce, one on cognitive aging, and one on hearing loss in adults. I currently also chair the Board on the Health of Select Populations for the National Academies. In the past I have been PI on a number of research

Bruce Myatt Burchett

Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
This author no longer has a Scholars@Duke profile, so the information shown here reflects their Duke status at the time this item was deposited.
Swartz

Marvin Stanley Swartz

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
My major research interest is in examining the effectiveness of services for severely mentally ill individuals, including factors that improve or impede good outcomes. Current research includes: the effectiveness of involuntary outpatient commitment, psychiatric advance directives, criminal justice outcomes for persons with mental illnesses, violence and mental illness and antipsychotic medications. I also served as member of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Mandate
Wu

Li-Tzy Wu

Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Education/Training: Pre- and post-doctoral training in mental health service research, psychiatric epidemiology (NIMH T32), and addiction epidemiology (NIDA T32) from Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health (Maryland); Fellow of the NIH Summer Institute on the Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trials.Director: Duke Community Based Substance Use Disorder Research Program.Research interests: COVID-19, Opioid misuse, Opioid overdose, Opioid use disorder, Opio
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