ArticleThe American journal on addictions2015
Trajectories of marijuana use from adolescence to adulthood predicting unemployment in the mid 30s.
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- Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial among young people and their peers to reduce substance use and inequitable gender beliefs in Southern Africa.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2026Article
- The Effects of Adolescent Cannabis Use on Psychosocial Functioning: A Critical Review of the Evidence.The Psychiatric clinics of North America · 2023Review
- Latent triple trajectories of substance use as predictors for the onset of antisocial personality disorder among urban African American and Puerto Rican adults: A 22-year longitudinal study.Substance abuse · 2022Article
- Young Adults With Higher Motives and Expectancies of Regular Cannabis Use Show Poorer Psychosocial Functioning.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Social and public health implications of the legalisation of recreational cannabis: A literature review.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2019Review
- The impact of recreational marijuana legalization on rates of use and behavior: A 10-year comparison of two cohorts from high school to young adulthood.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2019Article
- Age of First Marijuana Use and Its Impact on Education Attainment and Employment Status.Journal of drug issues · 2019Article
- Associations Between Marijuana Use Trajectories and Educational and Occupational Success in Young Adulthood.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2019Article
- Data mining techniques for drug use research.Addictive behaviors reports · 2018Article
- Substance use through adolescence into early adulthood after childhood-diagnosed ADHD: findings from the MTA longitudinal study.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2018Article
- Triple trajectories of alcohol use, tobacco use, and depressive symptoms as predictors of cannabis use disorders among urban adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2018Article
- Age Differences in Daily and Nondaily Cannabis Use in the United States, 2002-2014.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2018Article
- The Moderating Role of Spirituality in the Association between Stress and Substance Use among Adolescents: Differences by Gender.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2018Article
- Predicting Persistent, Limited, and Delayed Problematic Cannabis Use in Early Adulthood: Findings From a Longitudinal Study.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2017Article
- Longitudinal pathways from unconventional personal attributes in the late 20s to cannabis use prior to sexual intercourse in the late 30s.Addictive behaviors · 2017Article
- Adolescent predictors of alcohol use in adulthood: A 22-year longitudinal study.The American journal on addictions · 2016Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesUnemployment (5.5% as of 2015) is a serious social and economic problem in our society. Since marijuana use is an important factor related to unemployment, identifying the trajectory of the use of marijuana may aid intervention programs and research on unemployment.
methodsSix hundred seventy-four participants (53% African-Americans, 47% Puerto Ricans) were surveyed (60% females) from ages 14 to 36. The first data collection was held when the participants were students attending schools in the East Harlem area of New York City.
resultsWe found that the chronic marijuana use (OR = 4.07, p < .001; AOR = 2.58, p < .05) and the late marijuana quitter (OR = 2.91, p < .05) trajectory groups were associated with an increased likelihood of unemployment compared with the no marijuana use trajectory group. CONCLUSIONS AND SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: The results suggest that those who use marijuana chronically are at greater risk for being unemployed. Consequently, these individuals should have access to and participate in marijuana cessation treatment programs in order to reduce their risk of unemployment. Unemployment intervention programs should also consider focusing on the cessation of the use of marijuana to decrease the likelihood of later unemployment.
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