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Pain Profiles among Young Adult Cannabis Users: An Analysis of Antecedent Factors and Distal Outcomes
Substance use & misuse, v 56(8), pp 1144-1154
2021
PMID: 33882778
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Abstract
Pain is a primary reason for medical cannabis use among young adults, however little is known about the patterns of pain in this group. This study identified pain profiles among young adult cannabis users and examined related antecedents and distal outcomes.
Past 30-day cannabis users aged 18-26, both medical cannabis patients and non-patients, were enrolled in Los Angeles in 2014-2015. A latent class analysis was used to identify pain classes based on history of chronic pain conditions and recent non-minor pain. The study assessed the predictors of membership in pain classes and examined the association of classes with recent mental health characteristics, cannabis use motives and practices.
Three classes were identified:
(56.3%),
(27.3%), and
(16.4%). In adjusted models, lifetime insomnia was associated with membership in
and
classes versus the
class. Medical cannabis patients and Hispanics/Latinos were more likely to belong to the
class than the other classes. Regarding recent outcomes, the
and
classes were more likely than the
class to use cannabis to relieve physical pain. Additionally, the
class had a higher probability of psychological distress, self-reported medical cannabis use, consuming edibles, and using cannabis to sleep compared to one or both other classes.
Findings suggest that young adult cannabis users can be separated into distinct groups with different pain profiles. The
profile was associated with medically-oriented cannabis use motives and practices.
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- Title
- Pain Profiles among Young Adult Cannabis Users: An Analysis of Antecedent Factors and Distal Outcomes
- Creators
- Janna Ataiants - Drexel UniversityEkaterina V Fedorova - Drexel UniversityCarolyn F Wong - University of Southern CaliforniaEllen Iverson - University of Southern CaliforniaJeffrey I Gold - University of Southern CaliforniaStephen E Lankenau - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Substance use & misuse, v 56(8), pp 1144-1154
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Grant note
- R01 DA034067 / NIDA NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000642179200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85104983401
- Other Identifier
- 991019168233804721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Substance Abuse