Transition to drug co-use among adolescent cannabis users: The role of decision-making and mental health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Co-use of cannabis and drugs other than cannabis (DOTC) influences the risk of experiencing cannabis disorders. Accordingly, we explored whether speed of transition to drug co-use, the number of DOTC used, and/or being an experimental cannabis-only user, a regular cannabis-only user, or a regular cannabis user who co-uses DOTC (i.e., cannabis-plus user) were associated with decision-making (DM), mental health disorder symptoms, or cannabis use-related characteristics.

Methods

We analyzed baseline data from a sub-sample of 266 adolescent (ages 14 to 16) cannabis users (CU) participating in an ongoing longitudinal study. Assessments included semi-structured interviews, self-report questionnaires, and measures of drug use, DM (measured via the Iowa Gambling Task), me

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Quintero C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6740328 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature