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ArticleSubstance abuse

High-intensity and simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use among high school seniors in the United States.

Megan E Patrick, Philip T Veliz, Yvonne M Terry-McElrath

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Article in Substance abuse. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06422299 (Developing and Testing an Online Intervention for Decreasing Alcohol and Cannabis Misuse and Increasing Healthy Relationship Skills Among Young Adult Couples), which is not on this map. Cited by 41 papers.

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Developing and Testing an Online Intervention for Decreasing Alcohol and Cannabis Misuse and Increasing Healthy Relationship Skills Among Young Adult Couples: A Comprehensive Mixed-methods Approach

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of WashingtonRan2026 to 2027Enrolled60ConditionsAlcohol Drinking, Cannabis Use, CouplesArmsOnline, couples-based intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. The impact of recreational cannabis legalization on pediatric emergency department visits in British Columbia, Canada.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2026
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  14. Patterns and predictors of high-intensity drinking and implications for intervention.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022
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  15. Examining daily associations between mental health symptoms and simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use and consequences among young adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Megan E Patricka Institute for Social Research , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3594-4944
Philip T Veliza Institute for Social Research , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2544-3468
Yvonne M Terry-McElratha Institute for Social Research , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3924-2667

Funding

Monitoring the Future: Drug Use & Lifestyles of American Youth (Supp1: Nicotine Pouch and E-cigarette Use Among US Adolescents: National Estimates of Brand Use and Flavor Preferences)R01DA001411 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Richard A Miech · 1985 to 2026
$144.9M
High-intensity drinking and related consequences: Daily data from a national sample aged 19 to 22R01AA023504 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI PATRICK, MEGAN E. · 2015 to 2022
$3.5M
Intensive Daily Measurement of Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use in a High-Risk Community Sample of Young Adults: Impacts on Acute and Longer-term Use and ConsequencesR01AA025037 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LEE, CHRISTINE M., PATRICK, MEGAN E. · 2016 to 2020
$2.3M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA023504NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA025037NIDA NIH HHS L40 DA042452NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA001411
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSimultaneous alcohol and marijuana (SAM) use poses threats to health, particularly among adolescents. These risks would be exacerbated to the extent that high-intensity drinking (e.g., 10+ drinks in a row) and marijuana use (e.g., 1+ joints per day) are associated with a higher likelihood of SAM use. The current study examines the extent to which the intensity of alcohol use and of marijuana use are associated with adolescent SAM use prevalence, and whether associations remain after controlling for key covariates known to associate with both alcohol and marijuana use; it identifies alcohol and marijuana use intensity levels associated with the highest risk of adolescent SAM use.

methodsData come from nationally representative samples of US 12th graders who participated in the Monitoring the Future study from 2005 to 2014 (N = 24,203 respondents; 48.4% boys, 51.6% girls).

resultsSAM use during the past year was reported by 20% of 12th graders overall. SAM use prevalence was strongly and positively associated with alcohol and marijuana use intensity even after controlling for covariates. High school seniors at highest risk for engaging in SAM use were those who reported 10+ drinks and those smoking at least 1 joint/day. Approximately 60% of those who had 10-14 or 15+ drinks in a row during the past 2 weeks and 76%-80% of those who had 1 or 2+ joints per day on average during the past 30 days reported SAM use.

conclusionsResults suggest that high school seniors who consume high quantities of alcohol and marijuana are very likely to consume these substances so that their effects overlap.

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AdolescentComorbidityCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMarijuana UsePrevalenceSchoolsStudentsUnderage DrinkingUnited StatesAlcoholhigh-intensity drinkingmarijuana

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PMID28726580
PMCPMC5781230

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