Adolescent cannabis use in the context of legalization debate in Chile

Mundt, Adrian P.; Contreras, Lorena; Ibáñez, Carlos Usabiaga

doi:10.1111/add.16048

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“…The use of cannabis in adolescents may be considered more problematic than the use of alcohol. Although legalization is debated and its use decriminalized, cannabis is still an illegal drug for recreational use in Chile and is less normalized than alcohol ( Mundt et al, 2023 ).…”

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Parental practices and their association with alcohol and cannabis use among adolescents in Chile

Libuy,

Guajardo,

Ibáñez

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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BackgroundAdolescent alcohol and cannabis use are common in Chile. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between perceived parenting practices and alcohol and cannabis use among adolescents in a Latin American context.MethodsWe adapted and implemented a substance use prevention strategy in Chile, which included surveys of tenth-grade students from six municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Greater Santiago. We assessed the reliability and factorial structure of the parenting scale with 16 items, which formed part of the survey. We dichotomized parenting scores into high (above the median) and low. The association of parenting practices with alcohol and cannabis use in adolescents was assessed using multivariate multilevel regression models.ResultsA total of 7,538 tenth-grade students from 118 schools were included in the study. The 16-item scale of parenting practices showed good internal consistency (Omega total = 0.84), and three factors representing Relationship between parents and adolescents, Norms and monitoring, and Parents knowing their children’s friends and the parents of their children’s friends. High total scores of parenting were associated with lower odds of lifetime alcohol use (OR 0.57; 95% CI: 0.49–0.65), past-month alcohol use (OR 0.63; 95% CI: 0.57–0.70), lifetime drunkenness (OR 0.64; 95% CI: 0.58–0.72), and lifetime cannabis use (OR 0.54; 95% CI: 0.47–0.61). Above median scores on each parenting subscale were associated with significantly lower odds of substance use. The strongest associations were observed for the subscale Norms and monitoring. Interactions between parenting and gender showed a significantly stronger effect of parenting practices on alcohol and cannabis use among girls.ConclusionDifferent types of parenting practices were associated with a lower prevalence of adolescent alcohol and cannabis use. Improving parenting practices has the potential to prevent adolescent substance use in Chile, especially among girls.

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Parental practices and their association with alcohol and cannabis use among adolescents in Chile

Libuy,

Guajardo,

Ibáñez

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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“…In the weeds: A baseline view of cannabis use among legalizing states and their neighbours. We appreciate the opportunity to respond to the comments from Mundt, Contreras & Ibanez [1] regarding our paper on cannabis legalization among school students in Uruguay [2]. In their letter, they raise several concerns regarding the use of Chilean secondary school students' data as a comparison group.…”

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“…We read with great interest the study that Karnik et al [1] recently published defining a core outcomes set (COS) for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment effectiveness research in clinical trials (OUD-COS).…”

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