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Marijuana

A Comparison of Drug use and Dependence Between Blunt Smokers and Other Cannabis Users

Pages 401-415 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Ethnographic studies have suggested that blunt smokers represent a subculture of cannabis users whose drug use is moderated by social norms. The objective of this study was to compare rates of cannabis dependence/abuse and nicotine dependence between blunt and other cannabis smokers. The sample included adolescents and young adults (n = 4348) who reported some form of past-month cannabis use in the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Compared to smokers who never used blunts, blunt smokers had significantly greater odds of being dependent on cannabis and tobacco. Associations with cannabis dependence/abuse remained statistically significant with adjustment for smoking frequency and demographic characteristics. These findings highlight the need for differentiating types of cannabis users in epidemiologic studies. The study's limitations are noted.

Notes

1 The categorization of drugs into “soft” and “hard” drugs is unscientific, misleading, and can be a conceptual barrier to needed intervention planning, implementation, and assessment. Editor's note.

2 The reader is reminded that although the term “abuse” is used as a diagnostic nosology that active chemical substances, whatever their legal status, are used and misused; living organisms can be and are abused. Editor's note.

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