Consequences of alcohol and marijuana use among college students: Prevalence rates and attributions to substance-specific versus simultaneous use.

ABSTRACT: College students who use alcohol and marijuana often use them simultaneously, so that their effects overlap. The present study examined whether negative consequences experienced by simultaneous alcohol and marijuana (SAM) users vary from those experienced by individuals who use alcohol and marijuana concurrently but not simultaneously (CAM) or single-substance users. We considered 9 types of consequences: cognitive, blackout, vomiting, academic/occupational, social, self-care, physical dependence, risky behaviors, and driving under the influence (DUI). Further, we examined whether consequences experienced by SAM users are attributed to using alcohol, marijuana, or both simultaneously. The sample included past-year alcohol and marijuana users age 18-24 (N = 1,390; 62% female; 69% White; 12%

SUBMITTER: Jackson KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7064425 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature