Sports Participation and Illicit Prescription Drug Use

Teen prescription drug abuse of medications such as OxyContin, Percocet, and Vicodin is on the rise in the US and, according to SAMHSA, is becoming a major adolescent health issue. Misuse of prescription drugs can have life-threatening consequences such as death from overdose, depressed respiration, and addiction. The current study employed a secondary data analysis design using a survey of middle and highschool students (n= 17,977) to assess the potential relationship between sports participation and illicit prescription drug use. A bivariate correlational analysis was run to assess the potential association between these two variables. There was a significant association between sports participation and prescription drug use (