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Adolescent cannabis and tobacco use are associated with opioid use in young adulthood—12‐year longitudinal study in an urban cohort
- Source :
- Addiction
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2020.
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Abstract
- Background and aims Cannabis, tobacco and alcohol use are prevalent among youth in the United States and may be risk factors for opioid use. The current study aimed at investigating associations between developmental trajectories of cannabis, tobacco and alcohol use in adolescence and opioid use in young adulthood in an urban cohort over the span of 12 years. Design Cohort study of adolescents originally recruited for a randomized prevention trial with yearly assessments into young adulthood. Setting Nine urban elementary schools in Baltimore, MD in the United States. Participants Participants (n = 583, 86.8% African American, 54.7% male) were originally recruited as first grade students. Measurements Cannabis, tobacco and alcohol use were assessed annually from ages 14-18 years and opioid use from ages 19-26. Socio-demographics were assessed at age 6. Intervention status was also randomly assigned at age 6. Gender, race, free/reduced-priced lunch and intervention status were included as covariates in individual and sequential growth models. Findings There were significant positive associations between the cannabis use intercept at age 14 and the opioid use intercept at age 19 (beta = 1.43; P = 0.028), the tobacco use intercept at age 14 and the opioid use intercept at age 19 (beta = 0.82; P = 0.042). Specifically, more frequent use of cannabis or tobacco at age 14 was associated with more frequent use of opioids at age 19. Conclusions Cannabis and tobacco use in early adolescence may be risk factors for opioid use in young adulthood among African Americans living in urban areas.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Longitudinal study
Tobacco use
Adolescent
030508 substance abuse
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Article
Cohort Studies
Tobacco Use
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Intervention (counseling)
Humans
Medicine
Longitudinal Studies
030212 general & internal medicine
Young adult
Cannabis
biology
business.industry
Opioid use
biology.organism_classification
United States
Analgesics, Opioid
Psychiatry and Mental health
Cohort
Female
0305 other medical science
business
Demography
Cohort study
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13600443 and 09652140
- Volume :
- 116
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Addiction
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b28d067ae36c9ae84215d4946be94828