Children's Knowledge of Cannabis and Other Substances in States with Different Cannabis Use Regulations.

ABSTRACT: Background: Public acceptance of cannabis continues to increase across the US, yet there has been little research on how cannabis legalization affects young children. The present study compared knowledge of cannabis and other substances among children living in states with different cannabis laws and examined whether the association between such substance knowledge and externalizing behavior varies by state cannabis regulations. Methods: Participants were from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development^SM Study (ABCD Study®) at the baseline assessment (N = 11,875, ages 9-11, collected from 2016 to 2018). Chi-square difference tests were used to compare nested models testing group differences in knowledge of substances and the association between externalizing

SUBMITTER: Ross JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8803397 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature