Dataset Information

Trends in cannabis use and attitudes toward legalization and use among Australians from 2001-2016: an age-period-cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Changes in cannabis legalization and availability in Australia necessitate monitoring use and attitudes. We estimated age-period-cohort effects of past-year cannabis use and attitudes toward criminalization and legalization.

Design

Analysis of six waves of the Australian National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) every 3 years (2001-2016).

Setting and participants

The study was nationally representative of Australian households using multistage random sampling, totaling 145 168 respondents 18-79 years old. Data were collected using telephone, face-to-face, and drop-and-collect. Sample sizes per analysis varied based on data availability (~107 000-127 000 per model).