Why do Americans use marijuana?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States; yet, little is known about why adults use it. We examined the prevalence of past-month marijuana use by users' reasons for use-medical, recreational, and both-and identified correlates of each group.

Methods

Data from 20 states, which participated in the 2017-2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and fielded the marijuana use module, and multinomial logistic regression analysis were used to identify risk factors for past-month marijuana use by reason for use. User profiles were developed to illustrate how states' policy environments influenced reported reasons for use.

Results

The average predicted probabilities of past-month marijuana use for medical, recreational, and both re

SUBMITTER: Kurtzman ET 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8355057 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature