State medical marijuana laws, cannabis use and cannabis use disorder among adults with elevated psychological distress

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BACKGROUND: Cannabis use and cannabis use disorder are more prevalent in U.S. states with medical marijuana laws (MMLs), as well as among individuals with elevated psychological distress. We investigated whether adults with moderate and serious psychological distress experienced greater levels of cannabis use and/or disorder in states with MMLs compared to states without MMLs.

METHODS: National Survey of Drug Use and Health data (2013-2017) were used to compare past-month cannabis use, daily cannabis use, and cannabis use disorder prevalence among adults with moderate and serious psychological distress in states with versus without MMLs. We executed pooled multivariable logistic regression analyses to test main effects of distress, MMLs and their interaction, after adjustment.

RESULTS: Compared to states without MMLs, states with MMLs had higher adjusted prevalence of past-month use (11.1 % vs. 6.8 %), daily use (4.0 % vs. 2.2 %), and disorder (1.7 % vs. 1.2 %). Adults with moderate and serious psychological distress had greater adjusted odds of any use (AORs of 1.72 and 2.22, respectively) and of disorder (AORs of 2.17 and 2.94, respectively), compared to those with no/mild distress. We did not find evidence of an interaction between MMLs and distress category for any outcome.

CONCLUSIONS: Associations between elevated distress and cannabis use patterns are no greater in states with MML. However, cannabis use is more prevalent in MML states. Thus, higher base rates of cannabis use and disorder among adults with elevated distress are proportionally magnified in these states.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:215

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Drug and alcohol dependence - 215(2020) vom: 01. Okt., Seite 108191

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

McBain, Ryan K [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Eunice C [VerfasserIn]
Breslau, Joshua [VerfasserIn]
Shearer, Amy L [VerfasserIn]
Cefalu, Matthew S [VerfasserIn]
Roth, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Burnam, M Audrey [VerfasserIn]
Collins, Rebecca L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CUD
Cannabis
Hallucinogens
Journal Article
Marijuana legalization laws
Medical Marijuana
Mental health
Policy analysis
Psychological distress
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 12.03.2021

Date Revised 02.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108191

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NLM313117845