ArticleJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs2016
Let's Be Blunt: Consumption Methods Matter Among Black Marijuana Smokers.
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- Blunts versus joints: Cannabis use characteristics and consequences among treatment-seeking adults.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Trial
- Inequities in blunt use across multiple socio-demographic intersections among US adults.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Article
- Racial Disparities in Patterns and Modes of Current and Daily Marijuana Use among Adults Living with Children.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Blunt Talk on "Blunts": The Increasingly Popular Tobacco Product That Is Potentially Exacerbating Tobacco-Related Health Disparities.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Review
- Tobacco-cannabis co-use and risk of substance use problems among Black and Hispanic adolescent and young adult females in New York City.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2024Article
- An Examination of Risk Factors for Tobacco and Cannabis Smoke Exposure in Adolescents Using an Epigenetic Biomarker.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Sex and Gender Interactions on the Use and Impact of Recreational Cannabis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Puff, puff, drink: The association between blunt and alcohol use among African American adolescents and young adults.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2019Article
- The Social Context of Adolescent Co-Use of Cigarillos and Marijuana Blunts.Substance use & misuse · 2018Article
- Trajectories of pre- and postnatal co-use of cannabis and tobacco predict co-use and drug use disorders in adult offspring.Neurotoxicology and teratologyArticle
- Is it "loud" enough?: A qualitative investigation of blunt use among African American young adults.Journal of ethnicity in substance abuseArticle
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Abstract
objectiveDespite the high prevalence of blunt (i.e., hollowed-out cigars that are filled with marijuana) use among Black marijuana smokers, few studies have examined if and how blunt users differ from traditional joint users.
methodThe current study compared the prevalence and patterns of use for those who smoked blunts in the past month (i.e., blunt users) with those who used marijuana through other methods (i.e., other marijuana users). The sample included 935 Black past-month marijuana smokers participating in the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
resultsAmong past-month marijuana smokers, 73.2% were blunt users and 26.8% were other marijuana users. Overall, blunt users initiated marijuana use at an earlier age (15.9 vs. 17.3 years, p < .01) and reported more days of marijuana use in the past month (16 vs. 8 days, p < .01) than did other marijuana users. There were also differences by gender. Among females, blunt users reported a higher odds of past-year marijuana abuse or dependence (23.8%) than other marijuana users (11.2%) (adjusted odds ratio = 1.23, 95% CI [1.12, 3.17], p < .01). However, blunt-using males reported similar odds of past-year marijuana abuse or dependence (approximately 25%) as other marijuana-using males.
conclusionsThese findings highlight the need for targeted interventions for blunt users as a subgroup of marijuana users, especially among Black females, who may be at increased risk for developing a marijuana use disorder as a result of blunt smoking.
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