COVID-19's Impact on Substance Use and Well-Being of Younger Adult Cannabis Users in California: A Mixed Methods Inquiry.

Autor:	Fedorova EV; Department of Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States., Wong CF; Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.; Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.; Division of Research on Children, Youth, & Families, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States., Conn BM; Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.; Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States., Ataiants J; Department of Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States., Iverson E; Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.; Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States., Lankenau SE; Department of Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of drug issues [J Drug Issues] 2022 Apr; Vol. 52 (2), pp. 207-224.
DOI:	10.1177/00220426211052673
Abstrakt:	Few qualitative studies have examined the impact of COVID-19 on cannabis and alcohol use, and overall well-being among cannabis users. Cannabis users (aged 26-32) were surveyed quantitatively (n=158) and interviewed qualitatively (n=29) in April 2020-May 2021 in Los Angeles. 63.3% of the quantitative sample reported increasing use of either cannabis (29.1%) or alcohol (15.2%) or both (19.0%) following the COVID-19 outbreak. Qualitative data revealed that increases in cannabis and alcohol use were largely attributed to changes in employment and staying at home resulting in fewer impediments and boredom. Themes of loneliness and utilization of various coping strategies were more pronounced among those who increased cannabis and/or alcohol use. For some, increases in cannabis/alcohol use were temporary until participants adjusted to "a new normal" or embraced more adaptive coping strategies. Results suggest monitoring cannabis/alcohol use trends and identifying coping strategies to reduce the pandemic's impact on substance use and mental health. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. (© The Author(s) 2021.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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