在肯塔基州成年人中使用大麻的基于人口的横截面分析,2020-21年
Sydney Shafer1, Gunnar Kennedy2, W Jay Christian3
1University of Kentucky, Lexington, US.
Journal of cannabis research
|December 21, 2024
概括
肯塔基州的大麻使用在各种群体中普遍存在,许多人每天使用大麻,通常是出于医疗原因. 在医用大麻市场开放之前,吸烟仍然是最常见的消费方式.
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:
- 大麻使用是一个重要的公共卫生问题,在美国各地的流行率各不相同.
- 了解大麻使用模式,包括人口统计,社会经济因素和使用原因,对于为公共卫生战略提供信息至关重要.
- 肯塔基州即将出现的合法医用大麻市场需要对当前的大麻使用行为进行评估.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估肯塔基州目前的大麻使用率.
- 确定与大麻使用相关的社会经济,人口和地理因素.
- 确定肯塔基州大麻消费的主要原因和方式.
主要方法:
- 利用肯塔基州行为风险因素监测系统 (BRFSS) 的2020-2021年数据.
- 目前 (过去30天) 和大量 (≥20天) 大麻使用的估计患病率.
- 采用多变量逻辑回归来识别大麻使用者的特征.
主要成果:
- 肯塔基州的大麻使用率 (10%) 低于全国平均水平 (约. 这是13%的13%).
- 42%的大麻使用者报告每天或几乎每天使用大麻.
- 男人,年轻人 (18-34岁),未婚,黑人,受教育程度较低,收入较低,中部地区居民使用大麻的可能性更高. 吸烟 (78%) 是主要的使用方式,其中43%用于医疗和娱乐目的.
结论:
- 在肯塔基州,尽管大麻的非法身份,但大麻的使用是常见的,影响着不同的人口子组.
- 肯塔基州大麻使用者的很大一部分每天或几乎每天都在使用大麻.
- 医疗目的是肯塔基州大麻使用的主要驱动因素,吸烟是最常见的方法.
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