ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2020
The growing transition from lifetime marijuana use to frequent use among 12th grade students: U.S. National data from 1976 to 2019.
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- Trends in coping reasons for marijuana use among U.S. adolescents from 2016 to 2022.Addictive behaviors · 2024Article
- Marijuana, e-cigarette, and tobacco product use in young adults who underwent pediatric bariatric surgery.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2023Observational
- Adverse childhood experiences and past 30-day cannabis use among middle and high school students: The protective influence of families and schools.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
- Unpacking the Layers: Dismantling Inequities in Substance Use Services and Outcomes for Racially Minoritized Adolescents.Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America · 2022Review
- Cannabinoids for the treatment of cannabis use disorder: New avenues for reaching and helping youth?Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2022Review
- The externalizing and internalizing pathways to marijuana use initiation: Examining the synergistic effects of impulsiveness and sensation seeking.Developmental psychology · 2021Article
- Traditional risk and cultural protection: Correlates of alcohol and cannabis co-use among African-American adolescents.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Article
- E-cigarette and marijuana use and the attainment of obesity prevention guidelines among U.S. adolescents.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- Age of onset of heaviest use of cannabis or alcohol in persons with severe opioid or cocaine use disorders.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Observational
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Abstract
backgroundMore United States adolescents now report high-frequency marijuana use than similar use levels of alcohol or tobacco. Increased high-frequency use raises questions such as (a) is frequent use likelihood growing among adolescents who experiment with use? (b) Is such change observed equally across sex and racial/ethnic subgroups? (c) Have sociodemographic and other covariate associations with frequent use changed over time?
methodsData were obtained from 649,505 12th grade students participating in the cross-sectional, nationally-representative Monitoring the Future study from 1976 to 2019. Historical trends were modeled for any and frequent (20+ occasions) past 30-day marijuana use among all students and lifetime users, and lifetime user sex and racial/ethnic subgroups. Multivariable logistic regression estimates from 1989 to 1993 (lowest prevalence years) versus 2015-2019 (most recent years) were compared to examine covariate association changes with frequent use.
resultsAmong all students, recent linear trends in any and frequent marijuana use were not significantly different from zero (0.023 [SE 0.156] and 0.036 [0.073], respectively); frequent use among lifetime users increased (0.233 [0.107], p = 0.048). Among lifetime users, the increase was stronger for male than female students, and for minority versus White students. Significant association changes with race/ethnicity, parental education, and perceived risk were observed.
conclusionsThe proportion of adolescent lifetime marijuana users reporting current frequent marijuana use increased, and is now at near-record levels. Increases were particularly strong among males and minority students. There appears to be an increasing likelihood that adolescents who experiment with marijuana use may progress to frequent use.
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