Under double influence: Assessment of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use in general youth populations
Under double influence: Assessment of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use in general youth populations
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DOI：
10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.11.002
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发表时间：
2009-04-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Storvoll, Elisabet E.
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作者：
Pape, Hilde;Rossow, Ingeborg;Storvoll, Elisabet E.
背景/目标：我们评估了青少年同时使用酒精和大麻的程度，并通过估计与饮酒有关的所有大麻使用事件的比例来扩展先前的研究。这种形式的多种物质使用的流行率如何与不同国家的酒精和大麻使用的总体水平共同变化也进行了检查。方法：：我们分析了挪威14-20岁青少年调查的个人水平数据（n = 16 813）和2003年欧洲学校和公共卫生研究所关于35个欧洲国家15-16岁青少年药物使用情况的研究的人口水平数据。在过去一年中，挪威青年同时摄入酒精和大麻的流行率为7%。大麻使用的总体流行率仅略高（8%），这意味着大多数（82%）大麻使用者曾与酒精一起服用该药物。此外，在所有使用大麻的事件中，约80%的人也饮酒。与此相对应的是，在ESPAD研究中的大多数国家，大多数大麻使用者都是与酒精结合使用的。这种同时使用多种物质的国家，大麻的使用是比较普遍的，酒精，而经常consumed.Conclusion：因为青少年最经常结合联合收割机大麻与酒精，他们使用的药物可能比假设的更有害。研究结果还表明，大麻是酒精的补充，而不是替代品，这表明减少青少年饮酒的政策也可能减少大麻的使用。(C)2008爱思唯尔爱尔兰有限公司保留所有权利。
Background/aims: We assessed to what extent adolescents use alcohol and cannabis simultaneously and expanded previous research by estimating the proportion of all events of cannabis use that had occurred in relation to drinking. How the prevalence of this form of polysubstance use co-varied with the overall level of alcohol and cannabis use in different Countries was also examined.Method: : We analysed individual level data from a survey of 14-20 year-olds in Norway (n = 16 813) and population level data from the 2003 ESPAD Study on substance use among 15-16 year-olds in 35 European Countries.Results: : The prevalence of simultaneous intake of alcohol and cannabis in the past year among Norwegian youth was 7%. The overall prevalence of cannabis use was only slightly higher(8%), implying that a majority (82%) of the cannabis users had taken the drug in combination with alcohol. Moreover, in about 80% of all incidents of cannabis use, alcohol had been consumed as well. Correspondingly, a majority of the cannabis users ill most of the countries in the ESPAD study had used the drug in combination with alcohol. Such simultaneous polysubstance use was more prevalent in countries where cannabis use was relatively widespread and alcohol rather frequently consumed.Conclusion: Because adolescents most often combine cannabis with alcohol, their use of the drug may be more harmful than assumed. The results also indicate that cannabis is a complement rather than a Substitute for alcohol, Suggesting that policies that reduce adolescent drinking may reduce the use of cannabis as well. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.