The Growth in Marijuana Use Among American Youths During the 1990s and the Extent of Blunt Smoking

Golub, Andrew; Johnson, Bruce D.; Dunlap, Eloise

doi:10.1300/j233v04n03_01

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“…These findings correspond to the widespread drug usage among young people. Similarly to the other studies 7,[15][16][17][18][19] , our study proved an increasing tendency to the risk behavior among young people. Most adolescents have personal experience with psychoactive substance use, mostly tobacco, alcohol, and marihuana.…”

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Substance Use and Knowledge Among Italian High School Students

Spacilova¹,

Klusonová²,

Petrelli³

et al. 2009

Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub

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Aims: This study was aimed for evaluation of Italian students' attitudes to addictive substances, their knowledge and personal experience, and their awareness about the risks.Methods: The research was realized among high school students from Marche region in the Central Italy in the year 2006; the study group was randomly chosen from all schools in the region. 4118 appropriately completed questionnaires returned.The statistic processing was carried out by using chi-square test for two qualitative variables. RESULTS29.9 % of the students have tried drugs; 36.4 % of the interviewed reckon alcohol, tobacco and antidepressants for drugs. A relationship between the use of licit and illicit addictive substances and a correlation between the use of illicit substances and the use of liquors and tobacco in family was found. The students, who drink frequently, smoke regularly and use drugs, believe that the drugs create dependence only if overused; only a quarter of them classify themselves as drug addicts. CONCLUSIONSThe study indicates a lack of information on the drugs among the young people. It emerges that the young people do not sufficiently know the risk of the dependence. A change of the preventive strategies should be considered.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Substance Use and Knowledge Among Italian High School Students

Spacilova¹,

Klusonová²,

Petrelli³

et al. 2009

Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub

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“…Gay drug usage also seems to be higher among those men who seek drugs and sex partners on the Internet compared with those who do not (e.g., McKirnan et al 2007); in fact, the virtual space of gay on-line "communities" is an important source for gay men seeking illicit drugs (e.g., Berg 2008;Carpiano et al 2011;Golub et al 2005;Green and Halkitis 2006;Grov 2010Grov , 2012. For example, one study of men at a gay pride festival in Atlanta, GA found that those men who met a sexual partner on the Internet reported higher levels of crystal usage (Benotsch et al 2002).…”

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“Party N Play” on the Internet: Subcultural Formation, Craigslist, and Escaping from Stigma

Frederick

Perrone

2014

Deviant Behavior

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“…Indeed, participants of several focus group studies (Amos et al, 2004;Highet, 2004) reported that using common paraphernalia to smoke cannabis and tobacco make the two activities inseparable. Smoking blunts has also recently gained popularity (Golub et al, 2005;Golub et al, 1999;Kelly, 2005). Blunts, or cannabis packed in inexpensive cigar paper, is more common in young males.…”

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Transitions to regular smoking and to nicotine dependence in women using cannabis

Agrawal

Madden

Bucholz

et al. 2008

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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Background-While there is substantial support in the literature for an increased prevalence of cannabis use in cigarette smokers, emerging studies allude to the possibility that cannabis users may, in turn, be at significantly elevated risk for rapid transitions in their cigarette smoking trajectories. If there is evidence in its favor, the increased rates of cigarette smoking in cannabis users may prove to be the most significant public health problem associated with cannabis use.Methods-In a sample of 3,787 female twins (age range 18-29 years), we examined, using discretetime survival analyses, whether women who reported cannabis use were at increased risk for regular cigarette smoking and progression to nicotine dependence.Results-After controlling for a large number of potential covariates, we found that women who used cannabis were at 4.4 and 2.8 increased hazards for transitioning from initiation to regular smoking and from regular smoking to nicotine dependence respectively.Conclusions-Cannabis use is associated with transitions to more involved stages of cigarette smoking in women. This is a source of public health concern, first due to the high mortality associated with cigarette smoking and second, due to the high prevalence of cannabis use in the general population.

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The Growth in Marijuana Use Among American Youths During the 1990s and the Extent of Blunt Smoking

Cited by 97 publications

References 12 publications

Substance Use and Knowledge Among Italian High School Students

Substance Use and Knowledge Among Italian High School Students

“Party N Play” on the Internet: Subcultural Formation, Craigslist, and Escaping from Stigma

Transitions to regular smoking and to nicotine dependence in women using cannabis

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