Healio (4/10, Demko) reports, “In 2016, past-month daily cannabis use was about three times higher among individuals with serious psychological distress than among those without,” researchers concluded after “using data from the 2008 to 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health” to examine “the prevalence of daily cannabis use among U.S. adults (n=356,413) with and without serious psychological distress, as measured by the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale in 2016, and” then examining “trends in daily cannabis use by past-month psychological distress status from 2008 to 2016.” The findings were published in the April issue of the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
Related Links:
— “Daily cannabis use more common among people with psychological distress, “Savannah Demko, Healio, April 10, 2019