Table 4.
Correlates of past-year other substance use, mental health conditions and deviant behaviors of lifetime methamphetamine users and both nonmedical ADHD stimulant and methamphetamine users compared to nonmedical ADHD stimulant users in a sample of the US population aged 18 and above: data from 2009–2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
| Nonmedical ADHD stimulant users (N=7,267) N (Wgt%) |
Methamphetamine users (N=4,640) N (Wgt%) |
aOR(95%CI)a | Both ADHD stimulant and methamphetamine users (N= 2,282) N (Wgt%) |
aOR(95%CI)a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past-year substance involvement | |||||
| Marijuana | 4556(52.0%) | 1739(30.7%) | 0.86(0.69,1.07) | 1452(51.9%) | 1.53(1.22,1.92)‡ |
| Cocaine | 1203(13.9%) | 429(6.4%) | 0.87(0.68,1.01) | 591(19.0%) | 2.14(1.66,2.76)‡ |
| Heroin | 133(1.4%) | 59(0.9%) | 0.57(0.29,1.13) | 136(5.0%) | 3.47(2.18,5.53)‡ |
| Hallucinogens | 1543(15.5%) | 299(3.9%) | 0.83(0.64,1.08) | 512(13.2%) | 1.73(1.40,2.14)‡ |
| Inhalants | 322(5.0%) | 81(1.9%) | 0.96(0.57,1.62) | 139(6.6%) | 2.49(1.67,3.72)‡ |
| Ecstasy | 873(9.0%) | 189(2.3%) | 0.89(0.65,1.21) | 311(7.9%) | 1.92(1.49,2.47)‡ |
| Prescription opioids | 2211(25.6%) | 745(12.0%) | 0.64(0.51,0.80)‡ | 940(32.3%) | 1.65(1.28,2.14)‡ |
| Tranquilizers | 1210(14.4%) | 363(6.4%) | 0.60(0.44,0.82)† | 590(20.0%) | 1.71(1.33,2.20)‡ |
| Sedatives | 99(1.3%) | 40(0.8%) | 0.35(0.17,0.72)† | 82(4.0%) | 2.57(1.47,4.50)‡ |
| Alcohol | 6937(92.7%) | 3964(82.6%) | 1.09(0.78,1.52) | 2012(82.6%) | 0.82(0.49,1.36) |
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| Past-year mental health and deviant behaviors | |||||
| Major depression | 905(13.5%) | 617(12.5%) | 0.89(0.63,1.25) | 433(18.0%) | 1.27(0.94,1.72) |
| Anxiety disorder | 746(10.1%) | 531(10.7%) | 1.22(0.89,1.67) | 386(14.9%) | 1.75(1.21,2.53)† |
| Mental Health treatment | 1483(22.9%) | 1097(22.8%) | 0.90(0.70,1.16) | 643(26.8%) | 1.18(0.91,1.53) |
| Arrested and booked | 745 (7.1%) | 493(6.7%) | 1.71(1.29,2.27)‡ | 370(9.6%) | 1.59(1.24, 2.03)‡ |
| Sold illegal drugs | 1089(9.7%) | 350(4.5%) | 0.84(0.61,1.16) | 476(13.8%) | 2.33(1.76,3.10)‡ |
| Stole anything worth ≥ US$ 50 | 416(4.2%) | 138(1.7%) | 0.61(0.38,0.99)* | 184(4.5%) | 1.45(0.98,2.15) |
| Attacked someone | 448(4.3%) | 243(2.8%) | 1.11(0.79,1.56) | 188(4.7%) | 1.38(1.02,1.88)* |
*
p<0.05,
†
p<0.01,
‡
p<0.001
a
Odds ratio is adjusted for sex, age, race, marital status, education, employment, income, insurance, population density, and year. The comparison group is lifetime nonmedical ADHD stimulant users.