如果各州缺乏强有力的烟草控制,大麻政策的自由化只会与增加的粗暴使用有关
Maria M Orsini1, Mike Vuolo1, Brian C Kelly2
1Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, 238 Townshend Hall, 1885 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, OH 43201, USA.
Addictive behaviors
|July 18, 2024
概括
合法化大麻的政策可能会增加年轻人对大麻的使用,但只有在没有无烟法律的州. 像无烟法一样,全面的烟草控制政策可以减轻这种影响,并建议一个具有成本效益的预防策略.
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
- 政策评估 政策评估
背景情况:
- 烟草和大麻的同时使用,特别是粗的使用 (香烟包装中的大麻),对公共卫生干预提出了挑战.
- 自20世纪90年代以来,烟草控制和大麻政策发生了重大变化,需要对它们的综合影响进行最新研究.
研究的目的:
- 检查烟草税,禁烟政策和大麻政策 (医疗和娱乐) 如何影响年轻人对大麻的使用.
- 识别可能加剧或减轻青少年粗暴使用的政策相互作用.
主要方法:
- 利用了州一级的烟草管制和大麻政策数据.
- 在人口烟草和健康评估 (PATH) 研究的受限访问青年队伍中使用了多层次的后勤回归模型.
- 作为结果变量,分析了过去一年的粗暴使用.
主要成果:
- 合法的医疗和娱乐大麻政策都与年轻人中使用大麻的可能性增加有关.
- 这种关联仅在缺乏全面的烟草无烟政策的国家中具有意义.
- 在现有无烟政策的州中,没有发现大麻政策和粗暴使用之间的显著关联.
结论:
- 无烟政策可能会使共同使用变得不正常,从而减轻大麻政策对粗暴使用的影响.
- 实施强有力的无烟政策可能是一个具有成本效益的策略,以制年轻人直接使用.
- 拥有医疗/娱乐大麻政策的国家应该加强对粗暴使用的预防工作,特别是在烟草控制不那么严格的地方.
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