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Frequency matters: Relations among alcohol and cannabis co-use frequency and alcohol use disorder symptoms in emerging adults.

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: = 231,681). Participants reported on their past year alcohol use, cannabis use, as well as AUD symptoms. Regression models tested whether levels of cannabis use frequency moderated the association between alcohol use frequency and AUD symptom counts. A significant interaction of cannabis use frequency by alcohol use frequency predicting AUD symptoms was detected. Individuals who co-used alcohol and cannabis reported more AUD symptoms than those who only used alcohol at the same frequency or less. However, co-use was associated with lower AUD symptom counts than alcohol-only use at higher frequency. Findings suggest that all co-users (and alcohol-only users) are not necessarily created equal, and that relations among co-use and risk for AUD symptoms are complex. Rather than a dichotomy of co-users versus alcohol-only users, between-group risk may depend on frequency of both alcohol and cannabis use. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

DOI: 10.1037/pha0000616

Author: Jack T. Waddell

Institution: Arizona State University

Language: English

Topic: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse