在同时使用酒精和大麻的事件中,描述酒精消费和积极和消极后果
Holly K Boyle1,2, Kristina M Jackson1,2, Kate B Carey1,2
1Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs
|October 11, 2023
概括
同时使用酒精和大麻会导致更多的负面和积极的后果,尤其是在饮酒量较轻的日子里. 即使在不那么强烈的同时使用场合,干预措施也至关重要,以减轻风险.
科学领域:
- 成研究研究成研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 青少年和年轻人的健康.
背景情况:
- 年轻人经常同时使用酒精和大麻,报告两种物质的大量消费.
- 之前关于同时使用与单一物质使用后果的研究已经产生了不同的结果.
- 对于酒精量如何影响同时使用的后果以及具体类型的后果的理解有限.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较同时使用酒精和大麻的几天与单一物质使用 (仅饮酒或仅饮大麻) 的几天所经历的后果.
- 检查与每种类型的物质使用相关的具体积极和消极后果.
- 调查消费的酒精量,使用日的类型和经历后果之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在30天内采用每日调查方法,年轻人 (N=86) 报告了物质使用和后果.
- 参与者记录了同时使用酒精和大麻,仅使用酒精和仅使用大麻的情况.
- 分析了数据,以比较不同类型的物质使用日的积极和消极后果的频率和类型,并评估酒精量的缓和作用.
主要成果:
- 与单独饮酒或单独吸食大麻的日子相比,同时饮酒的日子与更多的负面和积极后果有关.
- 同时使用与仅饮酒对后果的影响取决于酒精数量:在同时使用的日子里报告的后果更多,而酒精消费量较轻.
- 在较重的饮酒日,同时使用和仅饮酒日之间的后果数量没有显著差异.
结论:
- 同时使用酒精和大麻是一种高风险的行为,这也可能是强化.
- 针对减少危害的干预措施对于同时使用的场合很重要,即使饮酒量相对较小.
- 了解酒精量与后果之间的微妙关系对于制定有效的预防和干预策略至关重要.
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