Most of the men in this cohort displayed a pattern of abstaining or infrequent use over time whereas approximately 10 % who used daily or near daily at their index visit continued this pattern of use over their follow-up visits. Overall, our analysis suggested that these patterns of marijuana use over time were similar for both […]
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Research on adult marijuana users has shown alterations in brain response via fMRI scanning
Marijuana use in adolescence causes significant concern since marijuana use may impact the brain, which is still developing throughout adolescence. Though overall brain size stabilizes around age five , important progressive and regressive developmental processes continue throughout adolescence, including myelination , synaptic refinement , reductions of grey matter volumes and improved cognitive and functional efficiency . […]
College students often drink alcohol and use drugs simultaneously during parties and other social events
It may also be possible that some SMW are turning to accessible coping outlets to deal with minority stress—including both spirituality and substance use. Findings from tests of interaction between religious attendance and sexual identity approached but did not reach statistical significance in relation to past year AUD or any marijuana use in the past […]
Marijuana is the most used illicit drug in the world and third most commonly used drug of abuse in the nation
Several studies show that the several facets of the UPPS-P model of impulsivity are highly intercorrelated. Including all five traits in a single model can create statistical suppression and make it difficult to interpret each unique effect. In order to address this issue, we first examined the correlations between each trait to guide decisions for […]
Research assistants explained detailed information regarding this study and confirmed study eligibility
Study inclusion criteria were currently or formerly in treatment for marijuana use or, alternatively, having used marijuana heavily in the past year and reduced the marijuana use since then, and able to provide informed consent. To reduce recall bias and selection bias, we excluded participants who received any treatment for substances other than marijuana, had used marijuana […]
Univariate odds ratio and adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were reported
Although we did use propensity scoring to control for preexisting differences between marijuana use groups on variables that were thought to differentiate the groups, we did not account for other important variables that likely differ between marijuana users and nonusers that may have been related to tobacco use and thoughts about use.HIV infected individuals experience a […]
All of these community engagement tools will be created to cull qualitative research methods
An example of a community organization that resides in South Los Angeles and propounds development of universal services for marginalized residents impacted by substance misuse is South Central Prevention Coalition. SCPC fosters educational development and primary prevention strategies to inform youth/ marginalized adults on the risks and dangers related to substance misuse as well as […]
We identified numerous methylation markers associated with recent and cumulative marijuana use
Adolescents that reported higher than average exposure to MM ads also tended to report greater marijuana use, stronger intentions to use marijuana in the future, stronger positive expectancies about marijuana use, and more negative consequences from use. In addition, adolescents who reported increased exposure to MM ads over the seven-year period also reported increases in […]
Such variables make research about adolescent social cognition both challenging and compelling
Nucci and Turiel explain that, during this period of life, individuals expand their ability to recognize and incorporate multiple, and at times conflicting, aspects of a single issue to form their judgments and conclusions. In order to illustrate this complexity of thought and offer insight into how adolescents conceptualize the issue, this study examined adolescents’ […]
The items on the survey were designed to address participants’ reasoning about marijuana use
Additional research evidence for adolescents’ multi-faceted reasoning about ambiguous social issues such as substance use was conducted by Shaw, Amsel and Schillo . They investigated late adolescents’ domain reasoning when presented with hypothetical scenarios involving risk-taking behaviors and by asking respondents to justify engagement or lack thereof in the behavior/activity. It was found that 84% […]