Burdzovic Andreas Jasmina, Sivertsen Børge, Lønning Kari Jussie, Skogen Jens Christoffer
Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Addict Behav Rep. 2021 Jan 15;13:100339. doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2021.100339. eCollection 2021 Jun.
We explored past-year cannabis use and associated characteristics, focusing on legalization attitudes, use intentions, risk perceptions, and possible dependence among Norwegian university/college students.
We examined a nation-wide sample of Norwegian university/college students (N = 49,688; 67% female) who participated in the Students' Health and Wellbeing Study (SHoT-study) in 2018. Participants reported past-year substance use, support for cannabis legalization, intent to use cannabis if legal, and perceived risks of weekly use. Past-year cannabis use (including use frequency) was examined in relation to these indicators. Legalization support, use intentions, and risk perceptions were examined in relation to use and gender. Potential cannabis use disorder was assessed with the Cannabis Abuse Screening Test (CAST) and examined in relation to use frequency and gender.
Past-year use was reported by 15.3% (11.8% women; 22.9% men). Majority of current users (roughly 90%) used no more than 50 times past year, and 6% (3.8% women; 8.5% men) met CAST use disorder criteria. Legalization support, use intentions, and no/low risk perceptions were significantly associated with greater odds of use, and greater use frequency among current users in both crude and adjusted models. Legalization support (23.0%), use intentions (14.0%), and perceptions of no/low risk (29.2%) were also relatively common even among current non-users, especially men. Male gender and more frequent use were associated with greater CAST scores and greater odds of use disorder.
Cannabis use was relatively common in this student sample. In addition to targeting frequent use, interventions may focus on cannabis-related attitudes and risk perceptions among uncertain/uninformed students.
我们探讨了过去一年挪威大学生的大麻使用情况及相关特征，重点关注合法化态度、使用意图、风险认知以及可能存在的依赖情况。
我们对参与2018年学生健康与幸福研究（SHoT研究）的挪威大学生全国样本（N = 49,688；67%为女性）进行了调查。参与者报告了过去一年的物质使用情况、对大麻合法化的支持程度、如果大麻合法化的使用意图以及每周使用大麻的感知风险。我们研究了过去一年的大麻使用情况（包括使用频率）与这些指标之间的关系。还研究了合法化支持、使用意图和风险认知与使用情况及性别的关系。使用大麻滥用筛查测试（CAST）评估潜在的大麻使用障碍，并研究其与使用频率和性别的关系。
报告过去一年使用过大麻的占15.3%（女性为11.8%；男性为22.9%）。大多数当前使用者（约90%）过去一年使用次数不超过50次，6%（女性为3.8%；男性为8.5%）符合CAST使用障碍标准。在粗略模型和调整模型中，合法化支持、使用意图以及无/低风险认知与使用大麻的几率增加和当前使用者更高的使用频率显著相关。即使在当前不使用者中，尤其是男性中，合法化支持（23.0%）、使用意图（14.0%）和无/低风险认知（29.2%）也相对普遍。男性性别和更频繁的使用与更高的CAST分数和使用障碍几率增加相关。
在这个学生样本中，大麻使用相对普遍。除了针对频繁使用者外，干预措施可能侧重于不确定/不了解情况的学生对大麻的相关态度和风险认知。
