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Policy and Policy Proposals (121) Cyberpharmacies (45)

Published on in Vol 15, No 7 (2013): July

Digital Social Media, Youth, and Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs: The Need for Reform

Digital Social Media, Youth, and Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs: The Need for Reform

Digital Social Media, Youth, and Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs: The Need for Reform

Authors of this article:

Tim K Mackey1, 2, 3 ;   Bryan A Liang1, 2, 3 ;   Steffanie A Strathdee4
Article Authors Cited by (45) Tweetations (27) Metrics

Journals

  1. Li J, Xu Q, Shah N, Mackey T. A Machine Learning Approach for the Detection and Characterization of Illicit Drug Dealers on Instagram: Model Evaluation Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2019;21(6):e13803 View
  2. Mackey T, Nayyar G. Digital danger: a review of the global public health, patient safety and cybersecurity threats posed by illicit online pharmacies. British Medical Bulletin 2016;118(1):110 View
  3. Kalyanam J, Mackey T. A Review of Digital Surveillance Methods and Approaches to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse. Current Addiction Reports 2017;4(4):397 View
  4. Monteith S, Glenn T. Searching online to buy commonly prescribed psychiatric drugs. Psychiatry Research 2018;260:248 View
  5. Mackey T, Kalyanam J, Katsuki T, Lanckriet G. Twitter-Based Detection of Illegal Online Sale of Prescription Opioid. American Journal of Public Health 2017;107(12):1910 View
  6. Guerra C, Mackey T. USA Criminal and Civil Prosecutions Associated with Illicit Online Pharmacies: Legal Analysis and Global Implications. Medicine Access @ Point of Care 2017;1 View
  7. Yang J, Lee E. A qualitative assessment of business perspectives and tactics of tobacco and vape shop retailers in three communities in Orange County, CA, 2015–2016. Archives of Public Health 2018;76(1) View
  8. Mackey T, Eysenbach G, Liang B, Kohler J, Geissbuhler A, Attaran A. A call for a moratorium on the .health generic top-level domain: preventing the commercialization and exclusive control of online health information. Globalization and Health 2014;10(1) View
  9. Mackey T, Cuomo R, Guerra C, Liang B. After counterfeit Avastin®—what have we learned and what can be done?. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 2015;12(5):302 View
  10. Mackey T, Kalyanam J. Detection of illicit online sales of fentanyls via Twitter. F1000Research 2017;6:1937 View
  11. Tyrawski J, DeAndrea D. Pharmaceutical Companies and Their Drugs on Social Media: A Content Analysis of Drug Information on Popular Social Media Sites. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2015;17(6):e130 View
  12. Mackey T, Schoenfeld V. Going “social” to access experimental and potentially life-saving treatment: an assessment of the policy and online patient advocacy environment for expanded access. BMC Medicine 2016;14(1) View
  13. Stevens R, Brawner B, Kranzler E, Giorgi S, Lazarus E, Abera M, Huang S, Ungar L. Exploring Substance Use Tweets of Youth in the United States: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 2020;6(1):e16191 View
  14. Mackey T, Kalyanam J, Klugman J, Kuzmenko E, Gupta R. Solution to Detect, Classify, and Report Illicit Online Marketing and Sales of Controlled Substances via Twitter: Using Machine Learning and Web Forensics to Combat Digital Opioid Access. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2018;20(4):e10029 View
  15. Abanmy N. The extent of use of online pharmacies in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal 2017;25(6):891 View
  16. Hanson C, Cannon B, Burton S, Giraud-Carrier C. An Exploration of Social Circles and Prescription Drug Abuse Through Twitter. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2013;15(9):e189 View
  17. Dursun S, Dunn M, McKay F. The availability and acquisition of modafinil on the internet. Drug and Alcohol Review 2019;38(6):699 View
  18. Iftikhar R, Abaalkhail B. Health-Seeking Influence Reflected by Online Health-Related Messages Received on Social Media: Cross-Sectional Survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2017;19(11):e382 View
  19. Mackey T. Opioids and the Internet: Convergence of Technology and Policy to Address the Illicit Online Sales of Opioids. Health Services Insights 2018;11 View
  20. Coutinho T, Esher A, Osorio-de-Castro C. Mapeando espaços virtuais de informação sobre TDA/H e usos do metilfenidato. Physis: Revista de Saúde Coletiva 2017;27(3):749 View
  21. Hockenhull J, Amioka E, Black J, Haynes C, Dargan P, Dart R, Wood D. Nonmedical use of alprazolam in the UK: Results from a nationally representative survey. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2019;85(8):1841 View
  22. Paul M, Dredze M. Social Monitoring for Public Health. Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services 2017;9(5):1 View
  23. Anderson A, Mackey T, Attaran A, Liang B. Mapping of Health Communication and Education Strategies Addressing the Public Health Dangers of Illicit Online Pharmacies. Journal of Health Communication 2016;21(4):397 View
  24. R. Scott K, Nelson L, Meisel Z, Perrone J. Opportunities for Exploring and Reducing Prescription Drug Abuse Through Social Media. Journal of Addictive Diseases 2015;34(2-3):178 View
  25. Sarker A, O’Connor K, Ginn R, Scotch M, Smith K, Malone D, Gonzalez G. Social Media Mining for Toxicovigilance: Automatic Monitoring of Prescription Medication Abuse from Twitter. Drug Safety 2016;39(3):231 View
  26. Katsuki T, Mackey T, Cuomo R. Establishing a Link Between Prescription Drug Abuse and Illicit Online Pharmacies: Analysis of Twitter Data. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2015;17(12):e280 View
  27. Kalyanam J, Katsuki T, R.G. Lanckriet G, Mackey T. Exploring trends of nonmedical use of prescription drugs and polydrug abuse in the Twittersphere using unsupervised machine learning. Addictive Behaviors 2017;65:289 View
  28. Fodeh S, Al-Garadi M, Elsankary O, Perrone J, Becker W, Sarker A. Utilizing a multi-class classification approach to detect therapeutic and recreational misuse of opioids on Twitter. Computers in Biology and Medicine 2021;129:104132 View
  29. Petersen M, Petersen I, Poulsen C, Nørgaard L. #studydrugs–Persuasive posting on Instagram. International Journal of Drug Policy 2021;95:103100 View
  30. Shah N, Li J, Mackey T. An Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach for the Detection and Characterization of Illicit Drug-Dealing Comments and Interactions on Instagram. Substance Abuse 2022;43(1):273 View
  31. Alhabash S, Dong Y, Moureaud C, Muraro I, Hertig J. Effects of Fear and Humor Appeals in Public Service Announcements (PSAs) on Intentions to Purchase Medications via Social Media. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022;19(19):12340 View
  32. Haupt M, Cuomo R, Li J, Nali M, Mackey T. The influence of social media affordances on drug dealer posting behavior across multiple social networking sites (SNS). Computers in Human Behavior Reports 2022;8:100235 View
  33. Ballesteros Herencia C. Bases para el tratamiento informativo de las drogas en los medios de comunicación. Revista de Comunicación y Salud 2020;10(1):43 View
  34. Cox L, Gibbs N, Turnock L. “Emerging anabolic androgenic steroid markets; the prominence of social media”. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 2024;31(2):257 View
  35. Moureaud C, Hertig J, Dong Y, Muraro I, Alhabash S. Purchase of prescription medicines via social media: A survey-based study of prevalence, risk perceptions, and motivations. Health Policy 2021;125(11):1421 View
  36. Haupt M, Cuomo R, Cui M, Mackey T. Is This Safe? Examining Safety Assessments of Illicit Drug Purchasing on Social Media Using Conjoint Analysis. Substance Use & Misuse 2024;59(7):999 View
  37. Lam C, Figueroa W, Yomogida K, Bavarian N. Prescription Stimulant Diversion on a College Campus: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Environmental Correlates. Journal of Drug Issues 2020;50(3):329 View

Books/Policy Documents

  1. Hampshire K. Play, Recreation, Health and Well Being. View
  2. Mackey T. Fetal Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine. View
  3. Del Vigna F, Petrocchi M, Tommasi A, Zavattari C, Tesconi M. Social Informatics. View
  4. Optican A, Cavazos-Rehg P. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Media. View
  5. An Z, McLaughlin M, Hou J, Nam Y, Hu C, Park M, Meng J. Social Computing and Social Media. View
  6. Hampshire K. Play and Recreation, Health and Wellbeing. View
  7. Xuan Z, Ranker L. Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health. View