Resumen de OxyContin Use on a Rural Midwest American Indian Reservation: Demographic Correlates and Reasons for Using.

Sandra L. Momper, Jorge Delva, Debbie Tauiliili, Amelia Cromwell Mueller-Williams, Patricia Goral

• In 2009 we surveyed 400 tribal members of a midwestern American Indian reservation to assess the prevalence of OxyContin use. Thirty percent of tribal participants reported nonmedical use of OxyContin ever, 18.9% in the past year, and 13.4% in the past month. Participants aged 18 to 25 years were most likely to have used OxyContin. Reasons given for use of the drug included pain relief (59.3%) and getting high (52.2%), indicating a need for opioid treatment programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]