The prescription drug abuse epidemic: incidence, treatment, prevention, and policy

Introduction / Ty S. Schepis

Opioids / Gregory B. Castelli and Winfred T. Frazier

Stimulants / Christian J. Teter, Marcus Zavala, and Linh Tran

Benzodiazepines / Michael Weaver

Misuse and abuse of over-the-counter medicines / Richard Cooper

Nonmedical prescription drug use in adolescents and young adults / Lian-Yu Chen, Alexander S. Perlmutter, Luis Segura, and [others]

Misuse of prescription drugs among young adults / Mark Pawson and Brian C. Kelly

Prescription drug misuse in older adults / Yu-Ping Chang

Opioids: misuse and guideline-concordant use in pain management / William C. Becker and Joanna L. Starrels

Opioids in the emergency setting / Travis L. Hase and Francesca L. Beaudoin

Regulation of opioid medications in the United States / Kenneth Kemp Jr. and Martin Grabois

Promoing prescription drug monitoring programs for population health: research and policy implications / David S. Fink, Julia P. Schleimer, Aaron Sarvet, and [others]

Harm reduction approaches to opioids / Lucas Hill

A comparison of recent trends in prescription drug misuse in the United States and the United Kingdom / Trevor Bennett, Katy Holloway, and Tom May

Using health behavior theory to understand prescription drug misuse / Niloofar Bavarian, Sheena Cruz, and Ty S. Schepis

Understanding nonmedical prescription drug use: the importance of criminological theory / Jason A. Ford and Alexis Yohros

Conclusions / Ty S. Schepis.