在COVID-19大流行期间,德国大麻消费变化的预测因素
Sally Olderbak1,2, Justin Möckl3,4, Christian Rauschert3
1IFT Center for Mental Health & Addiction Research, Munich, Germany. olderbak@ift.de.
概括
德国在COVID-19期间看到大麻大量使用的增加. 自我治疗和购买大麻是关键因素,特别是对于重度使用者来说,在潜在的非刑事化之前.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 成研究 研究成研究
- 大麻研究 大麻研究
背景情况:
- 自1995年以来,德国在COVID-19大流行期间首次观察到大麻大量使用者的增加.
- 这一趋势发生在2025年之前全国大麻合法化计划的背景下.
- 了解大麻使用增加的驱动因素对于公共卫生政策至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查疫情期间德国大麻使用量增加的潜在原因.
- 为了确定与不同用户群体之间增加大麻消费相关的因素.
- 为与大麻使用和潜在的非刑事化相关的公共卫生战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 分析了2021年欧洲网络毒品调查 (EWSD) 的数据.
- 包括来自德国的762名参与者,他们在过去12个月内使用大麻.
- 应用多项逻辑回归来识别增加大麻使用的预测因素.
主要成果:
- 严重和常规的大麻使用者都报告说,在大流行期间消费量增加;不经常使用者报告说,消费量减少.
- 年轻人和没有高等教育的人群使用率增加.
- 使用大麻自我治疗 (OR=2.79) 和购买大麻 (OR=2.26) 与使用量增加有很强的关联,特别是在大量使用者中.
结论:
- 自我报告的自我治疗动机和购买大麻的行为是大麻大量使用和在疫情期间增加消费的最强有力的预测因素.
- 这些因素是关于大麻的公共卫生干预和政策制定的关键考虑因素.
- 这些发现突出了针对使用大麻进行自我治疗的个人提供有针对性的支持的需要.
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