a Dornsife School of Public Health, Department of Community Health and Prevention , Drexel University , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA.
b Dornsife School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics , Drexel University , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2019;54(11):1862-1874. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1618332. Epub 2019 Jun 3.
While tobacco and alcohol studies have focused on density of outlets as a determinant of consumption, research has begun examining the effects of medical marijuana (MM) dispensaries on marijuana use. Examine the relationship between density of MM dispensaries and frequency of marijuana use among young adult medical marijuana patients (MMP) and nonpatient users (NPU). Young adult marijuana users ( = 329) aged 18- to 26-year old were sampled in Los Angeles in 2014-2015 and separated into MMP ( = 198) and NPU ( = 131). In 2014, 425 operational MM dispensaries were identified within the City of Los Angeles. Sequential multilevel Poisson random effect models examined density of MM dispensaries per square mile and 90 d marijuana use among MMP and NUP at the ZIP code level while controlling for demographic, behavioral, and community characteristics. Density of MM dispensaries was not related to 90 d use of marijuana (days of use or hits per day) among either MMP or NPU. MMP reported significantly greater days of marijuana use in the past 90 d compared to NPU but no differences were found for hits per day. African-Americans reported significantly greater hits per day compared to whites. Hispanics reported significantly fewer hits per day compared to non-Hispanics. Concentration of MM dispensaries surrounding young adult marijuana users in Los Angeles was unrelated to days of marijuana use irrespective of having a MM recommendation or not. Rather, individual factors related to consumer choices and behaviors were more important in determining recent marijuana use among MMP and NPU.
虽然烟草和酒精研究集中在销售点密度作为消费的决定因素,但研究已经开始研究医用大麻 (MM) 药房对大麻使用的影响。研究 MM 药房密度与年轻成年医用大麻患者 (MMP) 和非患者使用者 (NPU) 中大麻使用频率之间的关系。2014-2015 年在洛杉矶对年龄在 18 至 26 岁的年轻成年大麻使用者进行了抽样调查,其中 MMP ( = 198) 和 NPU ( = 131)。在 2014 年,在洛杉矶市确定了 425 家运营中的 MM 药房。顺序多层泊松随机效应模型在邮政编码级别上检查了每平方英里 MM 药房的密度以及 MMP 和 NUP 在 90 天内的大麻使用情况,同时控制了人口统计学、行为和社区特征。MM 药房的密度与 MMP 或 NUP 中 90 天内的大麻使用(使用天数或每天使用量)无关。与 NPU 相比,MMP 在过去 90 天内报告的大麻使用天数明显更多,但每天使用量没有差异。与白人相比,非裔美国人每天使用大麻的次数明显更多。与非西班牙裔相比,西班牙裔每天使用大麻的次数明显更少。在洛杉矶,年轻成年大麻使用者周围 MM 药房的集中程度与大麻使用天数无关,无论是否有 MM 推荐。相反,与消费者选择和行为相关的个人因素对于确定 MMP 和 NPU 近期大麻使用更为重要。