Racial and Ethnic Differences in Cannabis Use Following Legalization in US States With Medical Cannabis Laws.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Little is known about changes in cannabis use outcomes by race and ethnicity following the enactment of recreational cannabis laws (RCLs).

Objectives

To examine the association between enactment of state RCLs and changes in cannabis outcomes by race and ethnicity overall and by age groups in the US.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used restricted use file data from the National Surveys of Drug Use and Health between 2008 and 2017, which were analyzed between September 2019 and March 2020. National survey data included the entire US population older than 12 years.

Main outcomes and measures

Self-reported past-year and past-month cannabis use and, among people that used cannabis, daily past-month cannabis use and past-year

SUBMITTER: Martins SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8477268 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature