Authors
Magdalena Cerdá, Christine Mauro, Ava Hamilton, Natalie S Levy, Julián Santaella-Tenorio, Deborah Hasin, Melanie M Wall, Katherine M Keyes, Silvia S Martins
Publication date
2020/2/1
Journal
JAMA psychiatry
Volume
77
Issue
2
Pages
165-171
Publisher
American Medical Association
Description
Importance
Little is known about changes in marijuana use and cannabis use disorder (CUD) after recreational marijuana legalization (RML).
Objectives
To examine the associations between RML enactment and changes in marijuana use, frequent use, and CUD in the United States from 2008 to 2016.
Design, Setting, and Participants
This survey study used repeated cross-sectional survey data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2008-2016) conducted in the United States among participants in the age groups of 12 to 17, 18 to 25, and 26 years or older.
Interventions
Multilevel logistic regression models were fit to obtain estimates of before-vs-after changes in marijuana use among respondents in states enacting RML compared to changes in other states.
Main Outcomes and Measures
Self-reported past-month marijuana use, past-month frequent marijuana use, past-month frequent use among past …
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