美国大麻使用的历史趋势 成年人 年龄19-55岁,2013-2021年
Megan E Patrick1, Yuk C Pang1, Yvonne M Terry-McElrath1
1Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs
|February 27, 2024
概括
从2013年到2021年,大麻的使用在年轻人和中年人群中显著增加. 女性使用率比男性增加得更大,缩小了患病率差距.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 药物使用研究研究 药物使用研究
背景情况:
- 大麻使用率一直是越来越严重的公共卫生问题.
- 了解不同成年年龄组的趋势对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查2013年至2021年美国大麻使用的国家趋势.
- 分析青少年和中年成年人大麻使用率的变化.
- 通过社会人口统计学特征来调查趋势的差异.
主要方法:
- 利用了"监测未来"小组研究 (2013-2021) 的数据.
- 分析了21,182名年轻成年人 (19-30岁) 和29,871名中年人 (35-55岁) 的数据.
- 模拟了12个月,30天和几乎每天使用大麻的历史趋势.
主要成果:
- 在两个年龄组中,观察到12个月,30天和几乎每天使用大麻的显著增加.
- 趋势显示了持续的线性或加速增长,特别是在最近几年.
- 在12个月和30天使用的增加在各年龄组是相似的,而几乎每天使用显示了中年人的潜在的流行病相关偏差.
- 趋势并没有因种族/种族或大学学位而有所不同.
- 与男性相比,女性在12个月和30天的使用中表现出更大的增加,特别是在中年成人时期.
结论:
- 在过去的十年中,大麻使用率在年轻人和中年人群中显著增加.
- 在大流行开始期间,中年人中几乎每天使用大麻的数量可能有所增加.
- 虽然男性仍然报告患病率更高,但由于女性使用大麻的比例增加,大麻使用的性别差距正在缩小.
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