Alcohol and cannabis use during the COVID-19 pandemic among transgender, gender-diverse, and cisgender adults in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study examined whether heavy episodic drinking (HED), cannabis use, and subjective changes in alcohol and cannabis use during the COVID-19 pandemic differ between transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) and cisgender adults.

Methods

Successive waves of web-based cross-sectional surveys.

Setting

Canada, May 2020 to March 2021.

Participants

6,016 adults (39 TGD, 2,980 cisgender men, 2,984 cisgender women, and 13 preferred not to answer), aged ≥18 years.

Measurements

Measures included self-reported HED (≥5 drinks on one or more occasions in the previous week for TGD and cisgender men and ≥4 for cisgender women) and any cannabis use in the previous week. Subjective changes in alcohol and cannabis use in the past week compared to before the pande

SUBMITTER: Some NH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8899793 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature