Tyskiewicz Alexander J, Arkfeld Patrice A, Smith Emma E, Eilerman Jonathan K, Conner Bradley T
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University.
Cannabis. 2022 Nov 21;5(3):61-71. doi: 10.26828/cannabis/2022.03.006. eCollection 2022.
Cannabis use frequency among adolescents is associated with negative outcomes. Two variables associated with cannabis use frequency are method of acquisition and accessibility of cannabis. Prior research on the relation between methods of acquisition and cannabis use frequency is sparse. Differences in cannabis use in states in which the sale of recreational cannabis is legal (recreational states) compared to states in which it is not warrants research on how adolescents acquire cannabis in recreational states, and how easy it is for them to do so. The primary way in which adolescents acquire cannabis and the ease by which they can acquire cannabis may be associated with cannabis use frequency via specific interactions. We hypothesized that primarily acquiring cannabis from a store would be positively associated with cannabis use frequency when compared to other primary methods of acquisition, and that accessibility would meditate relations between primary method of acquisition and cannabis use frequency. This study used data from high school students who completed the 2019 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS) who reported using cannabis in the past 30 days. Results indicated that primary method of acquisition was significantly differentially associated with 30-day cannabis use frequency, with participants who reported buying cannabis at a store reporting significantly higher 30-day cannabis use frequency than any other method of acquisition. Ease of accessibility was not significantly associated with 30-day cannabis use frequency and did not significantly mediate the relation between primary method of acquisition and 30-day cannabis use frequency. Results of the current study indicate that the ways in which adolescents acquire cannabis are associated with how often they use it. Further, the positive relation between primarily acquiring cannabis at stores and frequency of use provide evidence that access to stores may be a risk factor for cannabis use frequency among adolescents.
青少年使用大麻的频率与负面后果相关。与大麻使用频率相关的两个变量是获取方式和大麻的可及性。先前关于获取方式与大麻使用频率之间关系的研究很少。与娱乐性大麻销售合法的州（娱乐州）相比，非娱乐州大麻使用情况的差异值得研究青少年在娱乐州如何获取大麻以及他们获取大麻的难易程度。青少年获取大麻的主要方式以及他们获取大麻的难易程度可能通过特定的相互作用与大麻使用频率相关。我们假设，与其他主要获取方式相比，主要从商店获取大麻与大麻使用频率呈正相关，并且可及性将调节获取的主要方式与大麻使用频率之间的关系。本研究使用了来自完成2019年科罗拉多州健康儿童调查（HKCS）且报告在过去30天内使用过大麻的高中生的数据。结果表明，获取的主要方式与30天大麻使用频率存在显著差异关联，报告在商店购买大麻的参与者30天大麻使用频率显著高于任何其他获取方式。可及性的难易程度与30天大麻使用频率没有显著关联，也没有显著调节获取的主要方式与30天大麻使用频率之间的关系。当前研究结果表明，青少年获取大麻的方式与他们使用大麻的频率有关。此外，主要在商店获取大麻与使用频率之间的正相关关系表明，商店的可及性可能是青少年大麻使用频率的一个风险因素。
