ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2015
Past 15-year trends in adolescent marijuana use: Differences by race/ethnicity and sex.
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117 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 187 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Cannabis use across the menstrual cycle: The impact of negative affect and cannabis use motives.Addictive behaviors · 2025Article
- Marijuana use among adolescent Asian Americans and Pacific islanders: Analysis of ethnic subgroup and gender differences.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Racial/Ethnic Heterogeneity in Parental Wealth and Substance Use from Adolescence to Young Adulthood.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- "Not Knowing that I Could Get Addicted at Any Moment": Drug Use Initiation Narratives among Black Americans.Qualitative psychology (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Article
- Trends in Marijuana Use among Adolescents in the United States.Pediatric reports · 2024Article
- Classification of Students by Race and Hispanic/Latino/a/x Ethnicity Impacts Estimates of the Prevalence of Substance Use.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Investigating Cannabis-Use Among Students Attending High Schools Within the Cherokee Nation Reservation 2017 and 2019.Journal of community health · 2024Article
- Progression of Comorbid Depression and Substance Use among Racially Diverse Adults.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2024Article
- Sex Differences in the Acute Effects of Oral THC: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Human Laboratory Study.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe potential for increases in adolescent marijuana use is an important concern given recent changes in marijuana policy. The purpose of this study was to estimate trends in marijuana use from 1999 to 2013 among a national sample of US high school students. We examine changes over time by race/ethnicity and sex.
methodsData are from the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), which involves biennial, school-based surveys that generate nationally representative data about 9th-12th grade students in the United States. Students self-reported sex, race/ethnicity, and marijuana use (i.e., lifetime use, past 30-day use, any use before age 13). We generated national estimates of the prevalence of marijuana use for the time period, and also tested for linear and quadratic trends (n=115,379).
resultsThe prevalence of lifetime marijuana use decreased modestly from 1999 to 2009 (44% to 37%), and has increased slightly since 2009 (41%). Other marijuana use variables (e.g., past 30-day use) followed a similar pattern over time. The prevalence of past 30-day use from 1999 to 2013 for all groups and both sexes was 22.5%, and it was lowest among Asians and highest among American Indian/Alaska Natives. Although boys have historically had a higher prevalence of marijuana use, results indicate that male-female differences in marijuana use decreased over time.
conclusionDespite considerable changes in state marijuana policies over the past 15 years, marijuana use among high school students has largely declined. Continued surveillance is needed to assess the impact of policy changes on adolescent marijuana use.
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