Trends in cannabis use disorder and treatment by race and ethnicity, 2002-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/background

As cannabis use continues to increase in the United States, racialized stereotypes and structural barriers to care might lead to inequitable treatment uptake across racialized groups. A greater understanding of racial disparities in cannabis treatment uptake and perceived treatment need among people with cannabis use disorder (CUD) in community-based samples is needed.

Methods

Nationally representative data from the 2002-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (N=1,005,421) included community-based people ages 12+ First, we assessed trends in CUD (i.e., meeting 2+ DSM-5 proxy CUD criteria) by racialized group. Among people with CUD (n=48,768), weighted logistic models regressed any CUD treatment, specialty CUD treatment, and perceived need for CUD treatme

SUBMITTER: Triguero Roura M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12626980 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature