加利福尼亚州各族群的酒精和大麻使用和共同使用
Raul Caetano1, M J Paschall2, Patrice A C Vaeth2
1Prevention Research Center, 2030 Addison Street, Suite 401, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA. rcaetano@prev.org.
Journal of immigrant and minority health
|August 7, 2025
概括
酒精和大麻的共同使用很普遍,在加利福尼亚州的白人和其他/两个或更多种族群体中观察到的比例更高. 少数民族群体不太可能共同使用这些物质,强调需要持续监测.
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
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 国家数据显示,去年11%的饮酒者同时使用大麻.
- 了解酒精和大麻联合使用的流行率和相关因素至关重要,特别是在多样化的人口中.
- 加利福尼亚州的娱乐大麻合法化需要持续监测物质使用行为.
研究的目的:
- 检查加利福尼亚州不同种族和种族群体中酒精和大麻使用和共同使用的比率和相关值.
- 在不同的人口中识别酒精和大麻消费模式的差异.
- 在合法化后的环境中,为有关物质使用的公共卫生战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 利用了2022年加州健康访谈调查 (CHIS) 的数据,这是对21463名非机构住院加利福尼亚人的代表性家庭调查.
- 采用多项物流回归分析来检查种族/种族和物质使用模式之间的关联.
- 分析了关于酒精消费,大麻使用和共同使用的数据,包括狂饮的流行率.
主要成果:
- 与其他族群相比,其他/两种或更多种族 (17.7%) 和白人 (17.0%) 群体的酒精和大麻共用显著更高 (p < 0.001).
- 西班牙裔个人报告过度饮酒率最高 (41.9%;p > 0.001).
- 多项逻辑回归显示,西班牙裔,黑人和亚洲人比白人报告仅饮酒和共同饮酒的可能性更低.
结论:
- 与白人相比,加利福尼亚州的少数民族和种族群体似乎不太可能共用酒精和大麻.
- 共同使用者代表着对不良健康结果的风险较高的人群,这强调了持续监测的重要性.
- 调查结果突出了大麻合法化后物质共同使用模式的潜在种族和种族差异.
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