在洛杉矶的年轻成年人中控制使用大麻 跨越大麻政策的变化
Stephen E Lankenau1, Janna Ataiants1, Mark Prince2
1Department of Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, 3215 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
International journal of mental health and addiction
|January 15, 2026
概括
随着大麻合法化的扩大,年轻人越来越多地使用大麻. 一项研究发现,虽然"不受控制"的使用是常见的,但"受控制"的群体始终使用更少的大麻,并遇到更少的问题.
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
- 大麻政策 大麻政策 大麻政策
背景情况:
- 由于美国各地的合法化不断扩大,大麻的可用性急剧增加.
- 由用户实施的规则定义的可控大麻使用,研究不足,特别是在年轻人中.
- 随着政策的不断变化,需要对年轻人如何管理大麻消费进行研究.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查9年来洛杉矶年轻成年人 (18-26岁) 控制大麻使用的模式.
- 根据自我强加的规则来识别不同的大麻使用者类别.
- 检查这些模式和类别如何随着从医疗到成人使用大麻政策的过渡而改变.
主要方法:
- 一项针对年轻成年大麻使用者的前性队列研究 (n=366到193跨波) 评估了八个调查波 (9年).
- 使用控制大麻使用的五个指标进行了潜在类别分析.
- 分析侧重于四个不同的波浪,代表不同的政策时代:仅用于医疗,过渡期和成人使用.
主要成果:
- 出现了两个不同的用户类:"受控"和"不受控制",其中"不受控制"类占多数.
- "受控"类一直使用较少的大麻,并在早期浪潮中报告了较少的问题使用.
- 随着时间的推移,禁止驾驶或在上学/工作之前使用的规则增加了,而在过渡到成人使用政策时,停止使用的规则减少了.
结论:
- 年轻的成年大麻使用者可以分为"受控"和"不受控制"两类,后者更为普遍.
- "受控"群体表现出更健康的消费模式,使用较少的大麻,并遇到较少的问题.
- 大麻政策的转变影响了遵守特定的控制规则,突出了针对性公共卫生干预的必要性.
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