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Alcohol use potentiates marijuana problem severity in young adult women.
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- Prescribing smoked cannabis for chronic noncancer pain: preliminary recommendations.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2014Pooled it
- Cannabis use during alcohol treatment is associated with alcohol-related problems one-year post-treatment.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Trial
- A Longitudinal Analysis of Monthly Changes in Substance Use in Relation to Negative Consequences From Alcohol and Cannabis Use in a Community Sample of Young Adults.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2023Article
- Alcohol & cannabinoid co-use: Implications for impaired fetal brain development following gestational exposure.Experimental neurology · 2023Review
- Psychometric evaluation of a lifetime version of the marijuana problems scale.Addictive behaviors reports · 2018Article
- Problem alcohol use and healthcare utilization among persons with cannabis use disorder in the United States.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017Article
- Co-use of Alcohol and Cannabis: A Review.Current addiction reports · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundMost young adult women who smoke marijuana also drink alcohol. Marijuana-related problems are associated with marijuana use frequency. We hypothesized that increased alcohol use frequency potentiates the association between frequency of marijuana use and marijuana-related problem severity.
methodsWe recruited women aged 18 to 24 who smoked marijuana at least monthly and were not treatment seeking. Marijuana and alcohol use were measured using the timeline follow-back method. Problems associated with marijuana use were assessed using the Marijuana Problems Scale.
findingsParticipants (n = 332) averaged 20.5 ± 1.8 years of age, were 66.7% non-Hispanic White, and reported using marijuana on 51.5 ± 30.6 and alcohol on 18.9 ± 16.8 of the 90 previous days. Controlling for education, ethnicity, years of marijuana use, and other drug use, frequency of marijuana use (b = .22; p < .01) and frequency of alcohol use (b = 0.13; p < .05) had significant, positive effects on marijuana problem severity. In a separate multivariate model, the linear by linear interaction of marijuana by alcohol use frequency was significant (b = 0.18; p < .01), consistent with the hypothesis.
conclusionsConcurrent alcohol use impacts the experience of negative consequences from marijuana use in a community sample of young women. Discussions of marijuana use in young adults should consider the possible potentiating effects of alcohol use.
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