“God Put Weed Here for Us to Smoke”: A Mixed-Methods Study of Religion and Spirituality among Adolescents with Cannabis use Disorders

Yeterian, Julie D.; Bursik, Krisanne; Kelly, John F.

doi:10.1080/08897077.2018.1449168

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“…Some of the studies with neutral or negative findings include those with mixed results. For instance, a study by Yeterian et al (2018) found that among adolescents being seen in an outpatient SUD program, higher baseline spirituality predicted a lower likelihood of heavy drinking at follow-up, even more so than religiosity. However, higher levels of religion and spirituality at the baseline were related to increased marijuana use at the 6-month follow-up, as participants reported that they felt more spiritually connected when they were high on marijuana.…”

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Belief, Behavior, and Belonging: How Faith is Indispensable in Preventing and Recovering from Substance Abuse

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Grim²

2019

J Relig Health

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This study reviews the voluminous empirical evidence on faith’s contribution to preventing people from falling victim to substance abuse and helping them recover from it. We find that 73% of addiction treatment programs in the USA include a spirituality-based element, as embodied in the 12-step programs and fellowships initially popularized by Alcoholics Anonymous, the vast majority of which emphasize reliance on God or a Higher Power to stay sober. We introduce and flesh out a typology of faith-based substance abuse treatment facilities, recovery programs, and support groups. This typology provides important background as we then move on to make an economic valuation of nearly 130,000 congregation-based substance abuse recovery support programs in the USA. We find that these faith-based volunteer support groups contribute up to $316.6 billion in savings to the US economy every year at no cost to tax payers. While negative experiences with religion (e.g., clergy sex abuse and other horrendous examples) have been a contributory factor to substance abuse among some victims, given that more than 84% of scientific studies show that faith is a positive factor in addiction prevention or recovery and a risk in less than 2% of the studies reviewed, we conclude that the value of faith-oriented approaches to substance abuse prevention and recovery is indisputable. And, by extension, we also conclude that the decline in religious affiliation in the USA is not only a concern for religious organizations but constitutes a national health concern.

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Belief, Behavior, and Belonging: How Faith is Indispensable in Preventing and Recovering from Substance Abuse

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2019

J Relig Health

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“…This is in line with the observation that some individuals feel more spiritual when under the influence of cannabis. 81 Cannabis is also considered a risk factor for developing psychosis. 82 …”

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Personality Traits as Markers of Psychosis Risk in Kenya: Assessment of Temperament and Character

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Mutiso

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Schizophrenia Bulletin Open

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Specific personality traits have been proposed as a schizophrenia-related endophenotype and confirmed in siblings at risk for psychosis. The relationship of temperament and character with psychosis has not been previously investigated in Africa. The study was conducted in Kenya, and involved participants at clinical high-risk (CHR) for psychosis (n=268) and controls (n=251), aged 15-25 yrs. CHR status was estimated using the Structured Interview of Psychosis-Risk Syndromes (SIPS) and the Washington Early Psychosis Center Affectivity and Psychosis (WERCAP) Screen. Student’s t tests were used to assess group differences on the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). Neurocognitive functioning, stress severity and substance use were correlated with the TCI, correcting for psychosis severity. CHR participants were more impulsive (i.e., higher novelty seeking (NS)) and asocial (i.e., lower reward dependence) than controls. They were also more schizotypal (i.e., high self-transcendence (ST) and lower self-directedness (SD) and cooperativeness (CO) than controls). CO was related to logical reasoning, abstraction and verbal memory. Stress severity correlated with high HA and schizotypal character traits. Lifetime tobacco use was related to NS, and lifetime marijuana use to high NS, low SD and high ST. Temperament and character of Kenyan CHR youth is similar to that observed in schizophrenia. Psychosis risk in Kenya is associated with impulsive, asocial and schizotypal traits. CHR adolescents and young adults with schizophrenia-specific personality traits may be most at risk for developing a psychotic disorder, and to require early intervention to improve outcomes.

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“…11,19 There are even reports that have shown that some kinds of spirituality were not inhibitors but facilitators of marijuana consumption. 19,20,21 The aim of this research is to test the impact of being a member of a religious community on the use of tobacco and cannabis by adolescents. We used a sample of 1935 teenagers of Tarragona (Spain).…”

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Religion as a protective factor against adolescent smoking habits: evidence from Spain

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Background: There are a wide number of assessments suggesting that being a member of a religious community inhibits adolescents’ risky behaviours and, consequently, can act as a protective factor against the consumption of smoking substances. Methods: We have analysed a structured questionnaire answered by 1935 adolescents from Tarragona (Spain). Results: We have found that variables linked to family were the principal explanatory factors of adolescents’ smoking habits. Living with two parents was a protective factor against tobacco and cannabis use since its Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR) was clearly below 1 (p<0.01). So, whereas living with one parent showed an IRR>1 (p<0.05), adolescents that live without parents presented an IRR close 2 (p<0.05 for tobacco and p<0.01 for cannabis). However, having a religious confession also influence smoking substance use in adolescents (IRR close 0.85 with p<0.01). Conclusion: We found a clear preventive effect in belonging to a religious community. Moreover, this protective effect was less intense, but not statistically significant, for Catholics than for members of other confessions.

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“God Put Weed Here for Us to Smoke”: A Mixed-Methods Study of Religion and Spirituality among Adolescents with Cannabis use Disorders

Abstract: Together, findings suggest that for adolescents with SUDs, religion and spirituality may not counteract the use of cannabis, which may be explained by adolescents' views of their substance use as being consistent with their spirituality and under their control.

Cited by 16 publications

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Belief, Behavior, and Belonging: How Faith is Indispensable in Preventing and Recovering from Substance Abuse

Belief, Behavior, and Belonging: How Faith is Indispensable in Preventing and Recovering from Substance Abuse

Personality Traits as Markers of Psychosis Risk in Kenya: Assessment of Temperament and Character

Religion as a protective factor against adolescent smoking habits: evidence from Spain

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