在澳大利亚,一个合体中使用了多少大麻? 一个实验性调查使用权力和频率的使用
Danielle Dawson1,2, Daniel Stjepanovic1, Valentina Lorenzetti3
1National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Drug and alcohol review
|September 17, 2023
概括
根据使用方法,大麻的使用有很大差异,每日使用者消费更多. 目前的自我报告调查可能不准确地测量四大麻素 (THC) 暴露,因为大麻的数量不一致.
科学领域:
- 药物和酒精研究研究 药物和酒精研究
- 大麻研究 大麻研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 大麻使用在澳大利亚很普遍,但目前的调查在测量四大麻 (THC) 暴露时缺乏准确性.
- 现有的指标往往假定大麻使用的特定模式,未能考虑数量和管理方法的变化,如关节,或spliffs.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查澳大利亚样本中不同管理方式消耗的实际大麻量.
- 评估大麻功效如何影响各种方法中使用的数量.
主要方法:
- 31名参与者完成了Roll a Joint Paradigm,准备了用橄花作为大麻替代品的关节,拼接和.
- 然后,参与者用不同强度的大麻重复了这个过程,以观察数量上的调整.
主要成果:
- 在使用的大麻量中观察到显著的变化:关节 (0.10-1.25g),拼接 (0.12-1.21g) 和 (0.03-0.41g).
- 与非日常使用者相比,每日大麻使用者准备的关节大约是大麻的三倍.
- 对感知强度的调整是不一致的,并且与不同施用方法的THC度不成比例.
结论:
- 使用的大麻的数量因使用方法和个人使用模式而异.
- 每日大麻消费与使用更大的数量有关.
- 自我报告的大麻使用指标的不一致性,特别是那些依赖于联合量化指标的不一致性,可能导致不准确的暴露评估.
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