Real-world simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use: An ecological study of situational motives and social and physical contexts.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Given the adverse outcomes associated with simultaneous alcohol and marijuana (SAM) use, understanding factors that give rise to occasions of simultaneous use is critical. This study examines the relationships between situational motives and contexts and three situational outcomes: simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use (SAM) use versus cannabis-only use, number of cannabis uses, and subjective effects.

Method

Past-month SAM users (n = 341; 52% female; 75% White; 10% Latinx/Hispanic; age 18-24) from three U.S. college campuses completed 8 weeks of surveys up to five times a day. Three-level generalized linear mixed-effects models tested the effects of situational motives and social and physical contexts on occasion type (SAM vs. cannabis-only), cannabis use,

SUBMITTER: Jackson KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8487914 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature