ArticleAddictive behaviors2018
Factors associated with alcohol consumption among medical cannabis patients with chronic pain.
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- A randomized trial of collaborative support for opioid taper after trauma hospitalization.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2024Trial
- Alcohol and cannabis use for pain management: Translational findings of relative risks, benefits, and interactions.Physiology & behavior · 2025Review
- Prevalence and Factors Associated With Alcohol Use Disorder Among People Attending Primary Health Care Facilities in Rupandehi District, Nepal.Global health, epidemiology and genomics · 2025Article
- A Cross-Sectional and Prospective Comparison of Medicinal Cannabis Users and Controls on Self-Reported Health.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2021Article
- Internet addiction belief, but not Internet use time, is independently associated with menstrual pain severity and interference to social life among adolescents: a cross-sectional study.British journal of pain · 2021Article
- Exploration of the association of selected pain diagnoses with risky alcohol use among active duty soldiers.Substance abuse · 2020Article
- Driving under the influence of cannabis among medical cannabis patients with chronic pain.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Article
- "But that is your opinion": the dark side of postmodern pain medicine creating a postmodern patient autonomy.Journal of pain research · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionChronic pain is the most common reason for medical cannabis certification. Data regarding alcohol use and risky drinking among medical cannabis patients with pain is largely unknown. Therefore, we examined the prevalence and correlates of alcohol use and risky drinking in this population.
methodsParticipants completed surveys regarding demographics, pain-related variables, anxiety, cannabis use, and past six-month alcohol consumption. Alcohol use groups were defined using the AUDIT-C [i.e., non-drinkers, low-risk drinkers, and high-risk drinkers (≥4 for men and ≥3 for women)] and compared on demographic characteristics, pain measures, anxiety, and cannabis use.
resultsOverall, 42% (n=330/780) were non-drinkers, 32% (n=251/780) were low-risk drinkers, and 26% (n=199/780) were high-risk drinkers. Compared to non-drinkers, low- and high-risk drinkers were significantly younger whereas a larger proportion of low-risk drinkers reported being African-American compared to non- or high-risk drinkers. High-risk drinkers reported significantly lower pain severity/interference compared to the other groups; high-risk drinkers were also less likely to be on disability compared to other groups. A multinomial logistic regression showed that patients reporting lower pain severity and less disability had greater odds of being classified a high-risk drinker.
conclusionsHigh-risk drinking appears common among medical cannabis patients. Future research should examine whether such use is concurrent or consecutive, and the relationship of such co-use patterns to consequences. Nevertheless, individuals treating patients reporting medical cannabis use for pain should consider alcohol consumption, with data needed regarding the efficacy of brief alcohol interventions among medical cannabis patients.
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