Trends in cannabis use among adults with children in the home in the United States, 2004–2017: impact of state‐level legalization for recreational and medical use

• DOI: 10.1111/add.15472
• Publication Date: 2021-03-17T16:01:11Z
• Authors: Renee D. Goodwin; June H. Kim; Keely Cheslack‐Po...; Andrea H. Weinberger; Melody Wu; Katarzyna Wyka; Meyer Kattan
• Keywords: Legalization; Marital status; Cross-sectional study; Educational Attainment

Cannabis use among parents may be increasing with legalization, but perception of associated risk has declined. The study investigated the association between cannabis legalization and adults children in home over time United States (US).A difference-in-difference approach was applied to public restricted-use data from 2004-2017 National Survey on Drug Use Health (NSDUH), an annual cross-sectional survey.A representative sample States.Respondents ages 18+ living drawn NSDUH (n = 287,624), which is administered non-institutionalized civilians 50 states District Columbia.Exposures were year state-level policy state residence annually. Outcomes past-30-day daily use. Sociodemographic variables included age, gender, marital status, family income, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, strength tobacco control.In 2017, past-month (11.9%, 9.3%, 6.1%) (4.2%, 3.2%, 2.3%) more common recreational marijuana laws (RML), followed by medical (MML) without legal use, respectively. RML MML significantly higher prevalence (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 1.28, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.12-1.46; AOR 1.12, CI 1.03-1.22) (AOR 1.25, 1.03-1.51; 1.16, 1.02-1.32), impact particularly salient 50+ highest income education subgroups.Among home, appears US legalized compared no Recreational increase broadly across nearly all sociodemographic groups, whereas effect for heterogeneous age socioeconomic status.