ArticleInternational journal of mental health and addiction2025
Gender differences in cannabis outcomes after recreational legalization: a United States repeated cross-sectional study, 2008-2017.
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- How tax structures for retail cannabis shape cannabis use among youth and young adults: evidence from a volumetric choice experiment.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026Article
- Narrowing and Reversing Sex Gaps in Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorder Among Adolescents and Young Adults.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2026Article
- Cannabis Legalization and Cannabis Use Disorder by Sex in Veterans Health Administration Patients, 2005-2019.Substance use & misuse · 2026Article
- Adult-use cannabis legalization in the united states: a scoping review of outcome monitoring recommendations.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Perceptions of cannabis among adults aged 60 years and older in Canada: a qualitative study.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2025Article
- Young Adult Cannabis, Alcohol, Nicotine, and Nonprescribed Pain Reliever Use in Washington State Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic.AJPM focus · 2025Article
- The relationship of medical and recreational cannabis laws with opioid misuse and opioid use disorder in the USA: Does it depend on prior history of cannabis use?The International journal on drug policy · 2025Article
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Abstract
Cannabis use has been more prevalent among men than women and prior work has found differing impact of recreational cannabis laws (RCL) by age. We examined changes in the prevalence of past-year and past-month cannabis use, past-month daily cannabis use, and DSM-5-proxy cannabis use disorder (CUD) in the past-year before and after RCL enactment by gender alone and stratified by age using 2008-2017 repeated cross-sectional samples of the US National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Changes in cannabis outcomes were estimated using adjusted multi-level logistic regression with state random intercepts and two-way and three-way interactions between RCL, gender, and age group. Enactment of RCL was associated with higher increases in past-year (+3.2%; aOR= 1.30 [95%CI = 1.19 to 1.41]) and past-month (+2.3; 1.37 [1.24 to 1.51]) cannabis use in women than men (+2.1%; 1.15 [1.06 to 1.25] and +1.7%; 1.19 [1.08 to 1.30]). No increases in past-month daily cannabis use and past-year DSM-5 CUD among those using cannabis were observed after RCL enactment. There were no increases in any cannabis outcomes after RCL enactment among those 12-20 years old. RCL enactment may contribute to narrowing of the cannabis gender gap. Ongoing surveillance is essential to ensure that the social justice aims of legalization are achieved without negative public health consequences.
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