The widening gender gap in marijuana use prevalence in the U.S. during a period of economic change, 2002-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Concurrently with increasingly permissive attitudes towards marijuana use and its legalization, the prevalence of marijuana use has increased in recent years in the U.S. Substance use is generally more prevalent in men than women, although for alcohol, the gender gap is narrowing. However, information is lacking on whether time trends in marijuana use differ by gender, or whether socioeconomic status in the context of the Great Recession may affect these changes.

Methods

Using repeated cross-sectional data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2002-2014), we examined changes over time in prevalence of past-year marijuana use by gender, and whether gender differences varied across income levels. After empirically determining a change point in use in 2007, we us

SUBMITTER: Carliner H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5321672 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature