2014-2016年同时使用酒精和大麻以及与大麻相关的问题之间的关联:来自华盛顿小组调查的证据
Yachen Zhu1, Yu Ye2, Thomas K Greenfield2
1Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, CA, 94608, USA. yzhu@arg.org.
Journal of cannabis research
|February 23, 2024
概括
与并发使用相比,同时使用酒精和大麻 (SAM) 显著增加了大麻使用问题的风险. 大麻使用频率也强烈预测这些问题,强调了有针对性的干预措施的必要性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 药物使用研究研究 药物使用研究
- 大麻政策 大麻政策 大麻政策
背景情况:
- 华盛顿州的娱乐大麻合法化促使对共同使用模式的研究.
- 了解同时和并发性酒精和大麻使用之间的差异对于公共卫生至关重要.
- 以前的研究还没有完全阐明与这些共同使用模式相关的独特风险.
研究的目的:
- 调查同时使用酒精和大麻 (SAM) 与大麻相关问题之间的关联.
- 为了比较同时使用者和同时使用者之间的大麻使用问题的风险.
- 为了确定预测大麻使用问题合法化后的因素.
主要方法:
- 华盛顿州257名成年饮酒者和大麻使用者的纵向样本 (2014-2016).
- 使用波桑分布的概括估计方程分析了SAM与大麻相关问题之间的关联.
- 调整了调查重量,大麻使用频率,酒精量和人口因素.
主要成果:
- 同时使用酒精和大麻 (SAM) 与增加大麻使用问题有显著的关联 (IRR=1.68).
- 每天/几乎每天使用大麻强烈预测较高的CUDIT问题得分与不经常或经常使用相比.
- 二次分析证实SAM与大麻相关问题的积极关联.
结论:
- 同时使用酒精和大麻是大麻相关问题的重要预测因素.
- 大麻使用频率也是预测这些问题的关键因素.
- 调查结果强调需要在预防和干预策略中考虑特定的共同使用模式.
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