Associations of alternative cannabis product use and poly-use with subsequent illicit drug use initiation during adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Specific cannabis products may differentially increase risk of initiating non-cannabis illicit drug use during adolescence.

Objective

To determine whether ever- and poly-use of smoked, vaporized, edible, concentrate, or blunt cannabis products are associated with subsequent initiation of non-cannabis illicit drug use.

Methods

High school students from Los Angeles completed in-classroom surveys. The analytic sample (N = 2163; 53.9% female; 43.5% Hispanic/Latino; baseline M age = 17.1 years) included students who reported never using illicit drugs at baseline (spring, 11th grade) and provided data at follow-up (fall and spring, 12th grade). Logistic regression models assessed associations between use of smoked, vaporized, edible, concentrate, and blunt cannabi

SUBMITTER: Braymiller JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10475141 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature