Dr. Sheigla Murphy Receives Funding for “A Qualitative Study of Non-medical Prescription Stimulant Use”

“Dr. Sheigla Murphy, with Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Paloma Sales were awarded a National Institute on Drug Abuse funding for “A Qualitative Study of Non-medical Prescription Stimulant Use”.   This mixed methods study will be done in the San Francisco Bay Area and will explore the intersection of individual factors, including life stage and social location that contribute to decisions to use prescription stimulants non-medically, motivations to use, knowledge about risks and benefits of prescription stimulant use, any adverse health or social consequences experienced, availability and diversion of prescription stimulants, differences in attitudes and behaviors relating to NPSU and differences among the various age groups concerning all of the above.”