Do Young-Adult Prescription Opioid Abusers Understand Their Risks? Addiction, Drug Addiction, Substance AbuseBy Promises Behavioral HealthJune 8, 2020In the U.S., significant numbers of young adults are involved in the abuse of a prescription opioid medication. An increase in this form of drug abuse largely helps explain the current increase in the frequency of opioid overdoses. In a study published in July 2014 in the International Journal of Drug Policy, a team of American…