Gender differences in the prevalence of heroin and opioid analgesic misuse in the United States, 2015–2019

• Published in: Drug and alcohol dependence Vol. 227; p. 108978
• Main Authors: McHugh, R. Kathryn, Nguyen, Minh D., Chartoff, Elena H., Sugarman, Dawn E., Greenfield, Shelly F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Elsevier B.V 01.10.2021; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescent girls; Adolescents; Analgesics; Drug abuse; Gender; Gender aspects; Gender differences; Heroin; Heroin misuse; Men; Narcotics; Opioid misuse; Opioid use disorder; Opioids; Polls & surveys; Regression analysis; Regression models; Sex differences; Sociodemographics; Substance use disorder; Women; United States > US; Women; Gender differences; Opioid use disorder; Heroin misuse; Opioid misuse

•The gap between men and women in opioid misuse is shrinking.•Women are more likely than men to initiate misuse of opioid analgesics.•Men have a modestly higher odds of past-year opioid analgesic misuse.•More men than women use heroin. Gender differences in the prevalence of opioid misuse continue t...