Newly incident cannabis use in the United States, 2002-2011: a regional and state level benchmark.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cannabis use and cannabis regulatory policies recently re-surfaced as noteworthy global research and social media topics, including claims that Mexicans have been sending cannabis and other drug supplies through a porous border into the United States. These circumstances prompted us to conduct an epidemiological test of whether the states bordering Mexico had exceptionally large cannabis incidence rates for 2002-2011. The resulting range of cannabis incidence rates disclosed here can serve as 2002-2011 benchmark values against which estimates from later years can be compared.

Methods

The population under study is 12-to-24-year-old non-institutionalized civilian community residents of the US, sampled and assessed with confidential audio computer-assisted self-inter

SUBMITTER: Leinweber JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5530998 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature