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Trends in cannabis use among adults with children in the home in the United States, 2004-2017: impact of state-level legalization for recreational and medical use.

Renee D GoodwinJune H KimKeely Cheslack-PostavaAndrea H WeinbergerMelody WuKatarzyna WykaMeyer Kattan
Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2021)
Among adults with children living in the home, cannabis use appears to be more common in US states with legalized cannabis use compared with states with no legal cannabis use. Recreational legalization appears to increase use among adults with children in the home broadly across nearly all sociodemographic groups, whereas the effect of legalization for medical use is heterogeneous by age and socioeconomic status.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • young adults