Puff, puff, drink
The association between blunt and alcohol use among African American adolescents and young adults
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9055476 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Latrice Montgomery (0000-0003-2328-5857, University of Cincinnati, corresponding author), Tamika C B Zapolski (0000-0003-0675-560X, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis), Tamika Zapolski, Devin E Banks (0000-0003-2569-0952, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis), Alfonso Floyd (0009-0009-7367-8780, Virginia Commonwealth University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 609-615 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/ort0000400 |
| PMID | 30676054 |
| OpenAlex | W2914128233 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
Although African Americans report lower levels of alcohol use relative to their White counterparts, they experience higher rates of alcohol-related problems (e.g., alcohol dependence). One understudied connection between alcohol use and dependence is the dual use of illicit drugs, especially marijuana use. It is speculated that blunt use in combination with alcohol will have more adverse alcohol-related consequences among African Americans than alcohol use alone or alcohol and nonblunt marijuana use. The current study uses pooled data from the 2011-2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to examine the odds of alcohol dependence based on alcohol and marijuana typology in comparison to alcohol only users. Among 11,124 African American adolescents (12-17) and young adults (18-25) who consumed alcohol in the past year, 57.5%, 36.8%, and 5.7% reported alcohol use alone and in combination with blunt use and nonblunt marijuana use, respectively. Relative to alcohol users only, youth who used alcohol and blunts had increased odds of having alcohol dependence. This association was not found among youth who reported alcohol and nonblunt marijuana use. The increased rates of alcohol dependence highlight the public health concern of dual alcohol and a specific type of marijuana use (i.e., blunts) among African American youth. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Alcohol · Alcohol dependence · Blunt · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Logistic regression · MEDLINE · Odds · Poison control · PsycINFO · Suicide prevention · Young adult · Chemistry · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Demography · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Surgery · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |