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

Wu, Li-Tzy

Blazer, Dan G

Swartz, Marvin S

Burchett, Bruce

Brady, Kathleen T

NIDA AAPI Workgroup

2020-02-03T04:51:37Z

2020-02-03T04:51:37Z

2013-12

2020-02-03T04:51:36Z

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.

S0376-8716(13)00227-5

0376-8716

1879-0046

https://hdl.handle.net/10161/19972

eng

Elsevier BV

Drug and alcohol dependence

10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.06.008

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

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

Journal article

Wu, Li-Tzy|0000-0002-5909-2259

360

367

2

School of Medicine

Duke

Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development

Institutes and Centers

Family Medicine and Community Health

Clinical Science Departments

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Geriatric Behavioral Health

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Social and Community Psychiatry

Staff

Center for Child and Family Policy

Sanford School of Public Policy

Duke Clinical Research Institute

Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

University Institutes and Centers

Institutes and Provost's Academic Units

Medicine, General Internal Medicine

Medicine

Published

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