吸烟大麻与大麻使用频率和城市高中学生中与大麻相关的问题之间的关系
Mary M Mitchell1, Shannon G Mitchell1, Jennifer H Brooks1
1Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Substance use & misuse
|December 8, 2023
概括
吸食大麻的青少年在六个月内,大麻使用频率和相关问题的急剧下降. 这项研究追踪了年轻人的大麻使用和问题.
科学领域:
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 药物使用研究研究.
- 大麻研究 大麻研究
背景情况:
- 吸烟,包括大麻吸烟,在青少年中是一个不断增长的趋势.
- 了解大麻蒸汽对青少年物质使用的纵向影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在6个月的青少年中,检查吸烟大麻与大麻使用频率和相关问题的关系.
- 为了比较使用大麻的青少年和不使用大麻的青少年之间的大麻使用趋势和相关问题.
主要方法:
- 一项纵向研究涉及233名报告使用大麻的青少年 (平均年龄16.4岁).
- 在基线,3个月和6个月收集的数据使用酒精,吸烟和物质参与查测试 (ASSIST) 来评估大麻使用频率和问题.
- 使用潜增长曲线建模来分析大麻使用趋势和ASSIST分数.
主要成果:
- 吸食大麻的青少年 (11.7%) 的基线大麻使用频率较高,但与非吸烟者相比,在6个月内,使用频率和ASSIST大麻得分的下降明显更快.
- 蒸汽组显示大麻使用频率 (b = -0.34,p = 0.017) 和与大麻相关的问题 (b = -0.34,p = 0.014) 的急剧下降.
- 在6个月的随访中,vaping组的平均ASSIST分数 (6.00) 比非vaping组 (9.6,p < 0.021) 显著低.
结论:
- 在使用大麻的青少年的样本中,那些有过大麻vaping经验的人在六个月内使用大麻的频率下降更大.
- 与不吸烟的同龄人相比,吸烟大麻的青少年也经历了与大麻相关的问题,包括健康和社会问题的显著减少.
- 研究结果表明,虽然大麻蒸汽可能与最初的更高使用量有关,但在这个青少年队列中,它也可能与使用量减少和随着时间的推移的问题相关.
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