减少退伍军人使用医用大麻的风险:一项描述性研究
Laura M Harris-Lane1, Mitchell Sheehy1, Courtney A Loveless1
1Department of Psychology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
Harm reduction journal
|January 15, 2025
概括
加拿大退伍军人需要关于医用大麻 (MC) 风险的更明确指导. 低风险大麻使用指南 (LRCUG) 的认识很低,许多退伍军人尽管存在潜在危害,但仍在从事高风险的MC行为.
科学领域:
- 医学研究 医学研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 退伍军人的健康 退伍军人的健康
背景情况:
- 加拿大长期疼痛退伍军人对医用大麻 (MC) 风险的准确信息表示担忧.
- 低风险大麻使用指南 (LRCUG) 为娱乐大麻使用者提供了更安全的使用策略,其中许多建议适用于MC使用.
研究的目的:
- 评估加拿大退伍军人对LRCUG的认识和兴趣.
- 评估退伍军人参与潜在高风险的MC使用行为.
主要方法:
- 在线和通过慢性疼痛卓越中心招募了582名患有慢性疼痛的加拿大武装部队退伍军人.
- 收集了关于大麻使用,知识来源,心理健康和LRCUG意识/兴趣的数据.
- 分析了使用奇平方和后期测试的数据,以确定人口差异,并描述高风险的MC使用行为与LRCUG建议相比.
主要成果:
- 不到30%的退伍军人知道LRCUG;当前的大麻使用者表现出更高的意识.
- 观察到高风险的MC使用行为的高参与率,从9%到85%.
- 每日MC使用很普遍 (85%),目前60.2%的用户从事多种高风险行为,与LRCUG建议相矛盾.
结论:
- 专门针对MC使用的更安全使用指南对于退伍军人来说至关重要.
- 制定量身定制的低风险MC使用指南可以为从业者和退伍军人提供信息,以做出明智的决定.
- 解决知识差距和促进遵守降低伤害策略对于退伍军人中更安全的MC使用至关重要.
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