Titre : | Attributes of long-term heavy cannabis users: a case-control study |
Titre traduit : | (Caractéristiques à long terme des usagers lourds de cannabis : une étude de cas.) |
Auteurs : | GRUBER A. J. ; H. G. POPE ; J. I. HUDSON ; YURGELUN-TODD D. |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2003 |
Format : | 1415-1422 |
Note générale : |
Psychological Medicine, 2003, 33, (8), 1415-1422 |
Langues: | Français |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés CANNABIS ; ABUS ; ENQUETE ; EFFET SECONDAIRE ; TYPE D'USAGE ; EPIDEMIOLOGIEThésaurus géographique ETATS-UNIS |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : BACKGROUND: Although cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in the United States, few recent American studies have examined the attributes of long-term heavy cannabis users. METHOD: Using a case-control design, we obtained psychological and demographic measures on 108 individuals, age 30-55, who had smoked cannabis a mean of 18000 times and a minimum of 5000 times in their lives. We compared these heavy users to 72 age-matched control subjects who had smoked at least once, but no more than 50 times in their lives. RESULTS: We found no significant differences between the two groups on reported levels of income and education in their families of origin. However, the heavy users themselves reported significantly lower educational attainment (P |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 54 |
Affiliation : |
Mc Lean Hosp., 115 Mill Str., Belmont, MA Etats-Unis. United States. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 1300942 |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | A01705 |
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