ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2025
Divergence in cannabis and alcohol use disorder prevalence trends from 2002 to 2019.
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- Innovations in health behavior research: Current status and strategic future directions.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Review
- Mechanisms explaining links between early-episode alcohol craving and subsequent drinking during naturally occurring drinking episodes.Psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Characterizing users of a mobile application for supporting a 30-day break from cannabis.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Article
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introductionDespite increases in the availability, potency, and consumption of cannabis, epidemiological data suggest decreases in the prevalence of cannabis use disorder (CUD) in some groups. Understanding mechanisms for these changes may help improve diagnostic tools for identifying disordered use. This analysis evaluates changes in CUD compared to a substance with comparably stable social and environmental context (alcohol use disorder [AUD]) as well as treatment engagement and need from 2002 to 2019.
methodsData were from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Outcomes included CUD and AUD symptoms, treatment engagement, and perceived need. Temporal trends and average annual rate of change [AARC] were computed.
resultsBetween 2002 and 2019, daily cannabis use prevalence increased by 94 % (AARC=11.68 %), whereas CUD prevalence among those using cannabis daily reduced by 47.9 % (AARC=-10.30 %). Daily alcohol use prevalence decreased by 10.86 % (AARC=-1.90 %), and AUD prevalence among those using alcohol daily reduced by 3.9 % (AARC=-0.67 %). Prevalence of individual 12-month CUD criteria among those using cannabis daily decreased (-13.4 to -59.6 % change; AARC = -2.4 % to -14 %). Among those using cannabis daily, trends in prevalence of individual AUD criteria varied, with some criteria increasing in prevalence and others decreasing (-30.2-24.6 % change; AARC = -5.82-3.7 %). Treatment engagement and perceived need decreased for cannabis, whereas treatment engagement increased and perceived need decreased for alcohol.
conclusionThese results suggest that CUD and AUD criteria may be determined within the cultural context dictating the definition of harm which has changed for cannabis, but not alcohol, from 2002 to 2019.
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