Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Amount

$1,170,973.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Prescription opioid misuse and abuse are increasing problems in the United States. In the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 5.2 million Americans had illicitly used a prescription opioid in the past month. National rates of illicit prescription