Trends in cannabis use disorders among racial/ethnic population groups in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Minority groups generally experience more disparities than whites in behavioral healthcare use. The population of racial/ethnic groups is growing faster than whites. Given increased concerns of cannabis use (CU) and its associations with health conditions, we examined national trends in cannabis use disorder (CUD) among adults aged ≥18 by race/ethnicity.

Methods

Data were from the 2005-2013 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (N=340,456). We compared CU patterns and the conditional prevalence of CUD among cannabis users by race/ethnicity to understand racial/ethnic variations in CUD.

Results

Approximately 1.5% of adults met criteria for a CUD in the past year. Regardless of survey year, cannabis dependence was more common than cannabis abuse, representi

SUBMITTER: Wu LT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4939114 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature