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Historical Trends in Cannabis Use among U.S. Adults Aged 19-55, 2013-2021
CONCLUSIONS: Significant increases in the prevalence of cannabis use have occurred over the past decade for young and middle adults across sociodemographic groups, with some indication that near-daily use increased among middle adults at the onset of the pandemic. Although males continue to have higher prevalence than females, the gap has narrowed with greater increases in cannabis use among women.PMID:38411146 | DOI:10.15288/jsad.23-00169 (Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs)
Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs - February 27, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: Megan E Patrick Yuk C Pang Yvonne M Terry-McElrath Brooke J Arterberry Source Type: research

The Interplay of Local- and State-Level Alcohol Policies in the US
In this study, we assessed both local and state policy prevalence and restrictiveness in a nationwide sample of cities.METHODS: We conducted original legal research to asses prevalence of local-level policies across 374 cities (48 states) in 2019 for seven policy areas: (1) Drink specials; (2) Beverage service training; (3) Minimum age for on-premise servers and bartenders; (4) Minimum age for off-premise sellers; (5) Prohibitions against hosting underage drinking parties (i.e., social host provisions); (6) Bans on off-premise Sunday sales; and (7) Keg registration. We obtained parallel state-level policies from the Alcoho...
Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs - February 27, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: Kathleen M Lenk Natalie Scholz Daniel Schriemer Traci L Toomey Darin J Erickson Rhonda Jones-Webb Toben F Nelson Source Type: research

Preliminary Efficacy of Mindfulness and Cognitive Restructuring Interventions to Reduce Nonconsensual Sex Intentions
CONCLUSIONS: Our results provide preliminary evidence for the efficacy of mindfulness and CR in lowering nonconsensual sex intentions under certain circumstances and highlight men's AE about women's vulnerability to sexual coercion as a critical factor that interacts with alcohol use to influence the efficacy of mindfulness and CR.PMID:38411165 | DOI:10.15288/jsad.23-00275 (Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs)
Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs - February 27, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: Weiqi Chen Julia F Hammett Kelly Cue Davis Source Type: research

Latent trajectories of persistence of cannabis use across 4 decades in 329 men from the San Diego Prospective Study
CONCLUSION: Considering potential enhanced dangers of cannabis use in later life, the high rate of continued use over four decades implies that clinicians should ask all older patients about recent cannabis use, especially if they had used in their twenties.PMID:38411197 | DOI:10.15288/jsad.23-00363 (Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs)
Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs - February 27, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: Marc A Schuckit Tom L Smith George Danko Lee Anne Mendoza Hannah N Fisher Source Type: research

Digital alcohol and cannabis ads, consumption frequency, and driving under the influence
CONCLUSIONS: Since social media alcohol ad exposure may be indirectly linked with DUIA and app-based cannabis ad exposure may be directly linked to frequency of use and DUIC, legislators should consider comprehensive substance-related ad regulations and bans.PMID:38376090 | DOI:10.15288/jsad.23-00319 (Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs)
Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs - February 20, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: Jonathan K Noel Samantha R Rosenthal Zachery C Edwards Kaiden A Palmieri Source Type: research