ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2019
Serious psychological distress and daily cannabis use, 2008 to 2016: Potential implications for mental health?
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- Prevalence and correlates of cannabis abuse among residents in the community of Fort McMurray, a city in Northern Alberta which had endured multiple natural disasters.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Gender and past year serious psychological distress are associated with past year AUD: Time-varying results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH; 2008-2017).Addictive behaviors · 2021Article
- Prevalence and correlates of non-daily and daily cannabis use among persons 15 years and older in South Africa: results of a national survey in 2017.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2021Article
- Down and High: Reflections Regarding Depression and Cannabis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
- Personal Correlates of Support for Medical and Recreational Cannabis Legalization in Australia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- State medical marijuana laws, cannabis use and cannabis use disorder among adults with elevated psychological distress.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Article
- Rapid increase in the prevalence of cannabis use among people with depression in the United States, 2005-17: the role of differentially changing risk perceptions.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundDaily cannabis use is increasing in the United States (US). Yet, it is not known whether daily cannabis use is disproportionately common, or whether it has increased differentially over time, by mental health status. This study estimated the prevalence of daily cannabis use among adults in the US with and without past-month serious psychological distress (SPD; measured by the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6)) in 2016 and estimated trends in daily cannabis use by past-30-day SPD status from 2008 to 2016.
methodsData were drawn from adults age 18 and older in the 2008-2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (combined total analytic sample n = 356,413). Linear time trends of daily cannabis use, stratified by SPD status, were assessed using logistic regression models with continuous year as the predictor.
resultsIn 2016, past-month daily cannabis use was significantly more common among those with past-month SPD (8.07%), compared to those without past-month SPD (2.66%). Daily cannabis use increased significantly from 2008 to 2016 among those both with and without SPD although use among those with SPD was persistently higher than use among those without SPD over the time period studied.
conclusionsDaily cannabis use is significantly more common among persons with serious psychological distress and is increasing in this group, as well as among those without. Given this increase and the high prevalence of cannabis use among those with SPD, it may be important to consider potential consequences of this increased use for those with mental health vulnerabilities.
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