scholarly journals Empirical Profiles of Alcohol and Marijuana Use, Drugged Driving, and Risk Perceptions

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 889-898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke J. Arterberry ◽  
Hayley Treloar ◽  
Denis M. McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Drugged Driving

Older Adults Driving Under the Influence: Associations With Marijuana Use, Marijuana Use Disorder, and Risk Perceptions

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (12) ◽  
pp. 1687-1707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Namkee G. Choi ◽  
Diana M. DiNitto ◽  
C. Nathan Marti
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Driving Under The Influence ◽  
Safe Driving ◽  
Marijuana Abuse ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Other Substances ◽  
Age Appropriate

Despite increasing marijuana use among the 50+ age group, little research has been done on marijuana’s impact on older adults’ driving under the influence (DUI). Using the 2013 to 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data, this study examined the association of older adults’ self-reported DUI with marijuana use, marijuana abuse/dependence, and marijuana risk perception. The findings show that one third of past-year marijuana users aged 50+ reported past-year DUI, two thirds of which involved drugs. Those with marijuana abuse/dependence were 2.6 times more likely than those without the disorder to report DUI, controlling for alcohol abuse/dependence, other illicit drug use, and sociodemographic and health/mental health statuses. As safe driving is key to prolonging independence in late life, clinicians need to educate older adults about the risk of marijuana use, alone and with other substances, on their driving capacity and provide age-appropriate treatment for marijuana use disorder.

Marijuana legalization in Colorado: Increasing Potency, Changing Risk Perceptions, and Emerging Public Health Concerns for Youth

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse D. Hinckley ◽  
Christian Hopfer
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
High Potency ◽  
Product Availability ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Marijuana Legalization ◽  
Treatment Considerations ◽  
History Of

Background: Marijuana legalization occurred gradually in Colorado through political processes. Objectives: This study aimed to describe the history of marijuana legalization and correlated shifts in product availability, use patterns, and risk perceptions and describe associated emerging concerns with this process for adolescents and young adults. Methods: This review focuses on the history of marijuana legalization and correlated shifts in product availability, use patterns, and risk perceptions. Results: Along with the legalization of marijuana, there has been strong commercialization characterized by the widespread development of dispensaries, new products including edibles and concentrates, and an overall lowering of the “price per serving” of marijuana. While the frequency of marijuana use among adolescents does not appear to have shifted substantially, young adult patterns of use have demonstrated an increase in usage. A substantial shift has occurred in the increasing use of concentrates and high potency products. Emerging concerns related to high potency products include increased acute care visits, prevalence and outcomes of comorbid mental health disorders, cannabis-induced psychosis, driving while high, marijuana-related lung injuries, and increased use during pregnancy. Yet, there are also potential medical uses of marijuana. Conclusion: To date, scientific evidence of the mental or physical effects of high potency products is currently very limited. Clinical issues related to the treatment of marijuana use and comorbid psychiatric disorders in youth are discussed, focusing on how low-risk perceptions influence treatment considerations.

Impact of Perceived Risk and Friend Influence on Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 446-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley L. Merianos ◽  
Brittany L. Rosen ◽  
LaTrice Montgomery ◽  
Adam E. Barry ◽  
Matthew Lee Smith
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Lower Alcohol ◽  
Peer Approval ◽  
And Behavior

We performed a secondary analysis of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior Survey data ( N = 937), examining associations between lifetime alcohol and marijuana use with intrapersonal (i.e., risk perceptions) and interpersonal (e.g., peer approval and behavior) factors. Multinomial and binary logistic regression analyses contend students reporting lifetime alcohol use—compared to students who had never used alcohol or marijuana—perceived lower alcohol risk ( p < .001), higher friend drinking approval ( p < .001), and greater friend drinking ( p = .003). Using both alcohol and marijuana in one’s life was associated with being in public schools ( p = .010), higher grade levels ( p = .001), lower perceived alcohol ( p = .011) and marijuana use risk ( p = .003), higher friend approval of alcohol ( p < .001) and marijuana use ( p < .001), and believed more friends used alcohol ( p < .001). Compared to lifetime alcohol only, perceived friend academic performance decreased the risk of lifetime alcohol and marijuana use ( p = .043). Findings are beneficial to school nurses with students experiencing effects associated with substance use.

Monitoring marijuana use and risk perceptions with Google Trends data

2015 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
pp. e242-e243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patty Cavazos-Rehg ◽  
Melissa Krauss ◽  
Edward Spitznagel ◽  
Skye Buckner-Petty ◽  
Richard Grucza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Google Trends

Age differences in adult past-year marijuana use and risk perceptions in the U.S., 2002–2013

2017 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. e134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pia M. Mauro ◽  
Dvora Shmulewitz ◽  
Deborah Hasin ◽  
Aaron L. Sarvet ◽  
Reanne Rahim-Juwel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Beyond Regions and Ideology: Using Cultural Theory to Explain Risk Perception in Canada

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 439-460
Author(s):  
Simon J. Kiss ◽  
Éric Montpetit ◽  
Erick Lachapelle
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Survey Question ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
Myths Of Nature

AbstractCultural theory (CT) has been widely used to explain variations in risk perception but has rarely been tested in Canada. This contribution represents the most thorough attempt to adapt CT to the Canadian context. Study results suggest that respondents’ commitment to egalitarianism was strongly correlated with risks from technology, while respondents’ commitment to hierarchism was strongly correlated with risks from criminal or unsafe behaviours. Respondents’ commitment to individualism was also correlated with risks from criminal and unsafe behaviours but differed from hierarchism in that individualism was not correlated with risk perceptions from prostitution and marijuana use. Respondents’ commitments to fatalism were strongly correlated with risk perception of vaccines. These conclusions are reinforced by results from a survey question that tests the extent to which such cultural predispositions map onto the myths of nature hypothesized by CT and by a survey experiment that tests how cultural commitments predict perceived risks from a controversial pipeline.

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