ArticleJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs2019
Reasons High School Students Use Marijuana: Prevalence and Correlations With Use Across Four Decades.
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- Engaging Youth (Adolescents and Young Adults) to Change Frequent Marijuana Use: Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) in Primary Care.Journal of pediatric nursingTrial
- Longitudinal Bidirectional Associations Between Early Adolescents' Externalizing and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Substance Use Patterns.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Daily web survey data collection of time-varying cannabis use motives and contexts, with implications for adaptive interventions: A pilot study.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Article
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- Predictors of medical and non-medical motives of cannabis use in Finland: A cross-sectional survey study.iScience · 2025Article
- Model Building with Youth: Applying a System Science Approach to Examine the Dynamic Social Context of Adolescent and Young Adult Marijuana Use.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Article
- The Longitudinal Association of Cumulative Depression With Cannabis Use Disorder Among Young Adults.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2025Article
- Cannabis Vaping Is Associated With Past 30-Day Suicide Attempts and Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescents in a Psychiatric Inpatient Setting.JAACAP open · 2024Article
- Latent transition analysis of time-varying cannabis use motives to inform adaptive interventions.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Article
- Cannabis use motives and associations with personal and work characteristics among Canadian workers: a cross-sectional study.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2024Article
- First semester college experiences: Associations with substance use and mental health.Addictive behaviors reports · 2024Article
- Trends in coping reasons for marijuana use among U.S. adolescents from 2016 to 2022.Addictive behaviors · 2024Article
- Motives for Cannabis Use and Risky Decision Making Influence Cannabis Use Trajectories in Teens.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Age- and Sex-Varying Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Substance Use from Modal Ages 35 to 55 in a National Sample of U.S. Adults.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Article
- Commentary on Han & Shi: The presence of recreational cannabis dispensaries and storefront marketing activities in residential neighborhoods-recent evidence for associations with individual cannabis use.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Article
- Characteristics and reasons for use associated with solitary alcohol and marijuana use among U.S. 12th Grade Students, 2015-2021.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Increased nicotine vaping due to the COVID-19 pandemic among US young adults: Associations with nicotine dependence, vaping frequency, and reasons for use.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveChanges in the legality and prevalence of marijuana raise questions about whether adolescents' reasons for using marijuana and associations between reasons for use and recent marijuana use have changed historically.
methodUsing nationally representative data from Monitoring the Future for 1976-2016 (N = 39,964; 47.6% female), we examined changes in self-reported reasons for marijuana use and in the associations between reasons for use and past-30-day marijuana use among 12th graders who used marijuana in the past 12 months.
resultsTime-varying effect modeling showed variation in reasons for use among adolescent past-year marijuana users from 1976 to 2016. Social/recreational reasons for marijuana use (i.e., Boredom, Feel Good/Get High, Experiment, Fit In) generally declined in prevalence; the exception was Good Time, which remained quite stable. Prevalence of coping with negative affect reasons (i.e., Anger/Frustration, Escape Problems, Relax, Get Through Day) approximately doubled across 40 years. Over time, social/recreational reasons were consistently associated with greater odds (i.e., Boredom, Feel Good/Get High, Good Time) or lower odds (i.e., Experiment, Fit In) of recent marijuana use. Coping with negative affect reasons, drug effect reasons, and compulsive use were consistently associated with greater odds of recent use.
conclusionsThe most common reasons for marijuana use among high school students have shifted markedly in 40 years, with particular increases for coping-related reasons. However, reasons for use remain significant, stable predictors of use. This suggests a move toward riskier (coping-related) use but supports the continued salience of motivation-based approaches for prevention and intervention.
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