Longitudinal Effects of Acute Cannabis Exposure on Automobile Driving Behavior in a Naturalistic Simulated Environment
DOI: 10.26828/cannabis.2021.01.000.21
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The provided text is a collection of conference abstracts from the 2020 Virtual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Marijuana, published in 2021. It does not constitute a single research paper but rather a series of distinct studies addressing various aspects of cannabis use, policy, and health outcomes. The following summary synthesizes the key findings from these individual abstracts. Several studies examined demographic patterns and risk factors associated with cannabis use. Analysis of the 2015–2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health identified African American, Multi-Racial, and LGBTQ+ young adults, as well as those with poor health or prior drug use, as being at higher risk for recent marijuana use. In Massachusetts, youth risk behavior survey data indicated that while policy enactment did not increase lifetime or past-30-day use odds, protective factors like adult support and better grades significantly reduced heavy use. Conversely, participation in the Massachusetts adult-use cannabis industry was found to skew heavily toward white males, particularly in senior-level positions, despite legalization efforts aiming to address historical disparities. Other demographic studies revealed that males were more likely to use blunts and marijuana, while females preferred joints and edibles; young adults favored bongs and vaporizers, whereas older adults preferred blunts. Research into measurement and psychological correlates highlighted challenges in assessing cannabis use. One study suggested that average intoxication levels are a better proxy for cannabis-related problems than quantity consumed. Another found that links between cannabis use and schizotypy may be artifacts of measurement bias in the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire-Brief. Regarding mental health, emotion dysregulation was found to moderate the relationship between stress and problematic marijuana use, with higher dysregulation strengthening the link between stressful life events and problematic use. Among bisexual women, trait impulsivity predicted any past-30-day use, while childhood physical abuse predicted increased frequency of use. In veterans, co-use of tobacco/nicotine and cannabis was associated with significantly higher levels of stress, PTSD, depression, and anxiety compared to single-substance users. Additional abstracts addressed perceptions, sleep, and adolescent outcomes. Young adult recreational users perceived low risks and moderate benefits from cannabis, particularly for pain relief, regardless of chronic pain status. Cannabis use was associated with higher expectations of improved sleep, but actual subjective sleep quality was worse among current users, especially those frequently consuming edibles. In late adolescents, mental health symptoms were not directly linked to usage frequency but were positively associated with marijuana-related consequences and coping motives. Finally, geographic analysis in Los Angeles showed that proximity to licensed cannabis retailers was significantly associated with increased past-month cannabis use among young adults.
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