Cross-fading motives for simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use: Associations with young adults' use and consequences across days.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many young adults engage in simultaneous alcohol and marijuana (SAM) use so that their effects overlap. Little is known about motivations for dual substance use and associations with use and consequences. This study examined daily-level associations between cross-fading motives and levels of alcohol and marijuana use and consequences.

Methods

Young adults who reported SAM use in the month prior were surveyed in two 14-day bursts. Data included 1049 SAM use days from 281 young adults (age 18-25; M age = 21.80, SD = 2.16; 50 % women). Multilevel models assessed between- and within-person effects of cross-fading motives (i.e., to enhance the effects of marijuana and/or alcohol use by using them simultaneously) on alcohol and marijuana use and consequences, after adju

SUBMITTER: Patrick ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7371509 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature