Cannabis use disorders among adults in the United States during a time of increasing use of cannabis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Using U.S. National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data, researchers found that prevalence of cannabis use among adults increased in recent years, but prevalence of DSM-IV cannabis use disorder (CUD) was stable. Examining trends of all individual CUD criteria and of CUD severity may elucidate reasons for the lack of increases in CUD.

Methods

Data were from 749,500 persons aged 18 or older who participated in the 2002-2017 NSDUH. Descriptive analyses and logistic regressions were applied.

Results

Among adults during 2002-2017, past-year prevalence of DSM-IV CUD remained stable at 1.5% to 1.4%, but cannabis use increased from 10.4% to 15.3%, daily/near daily use increased from 1.9% to 4.2%, and mild DSM-5 CUD increased from 1.4% to 1.9%. Among adult c

SUBMITTER: Compton WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7028308 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature