Does prevalence and correlate of prescription drug misuse among socially active young adults?
This study illustrates the need for health promotion efforts targeting prescription drug misuse among young adults who are highly socially active. Future research should focus on motivations for and factors associated with prescription drug misuse within youth cultures. Further research may provide a fuller sense of how to reduce the impact of prescription drug misuse for nations whose prescription drug problem lags behind that of the U.S.
This study supports the hypothesis that polymorphisms related to drug metabolism such as GSTT1 may be an important factor influencing the development of AAN in the Chinese Han population exposed to AA.