In this survey study of 7612 adolescents, frequent exposure to cannabis posts on social media broadly was associated with solo e-cigarette use, solo cannabis use, and dual use initiation a year later, whereas platform-specific exposure to e-cigarette posts on TikTok was associated with solo cannabis and dual use initiation. Exposure to e-cigarette and cannabis posts from microinfluencers was associated with past-month cannabis use, whereas exposure to e-cigarette posts from friends was associated with past-month dual use; exposure to friends’ cannabis posts was also associated with past-month cannabis and dual use.
Since exposure to e-cigarette or cannabis posts may contribute to adolescent e-cigarette, cannabis, or dual use, improvement of social media community guidelines and greater policy attention to co-use and marketing of e-cigarettes and cannabis may help prevent youth substance use.
The researchers found that current cannabis use among older adults grew to 7 percent in 2023, up from 4.8 percent in 2021 and 5.2 percent in 2022—a nearly 46 percent increase in only two years. Cannabis can complicate the management of chronic diseases and be potentially harmful if patients are not educated on its use and potential risks.
1 in 4 children in the USA have a parent with a substance use disorder. A significant number of those children have a parent whose addiction is moderate or severe as opposed to mild.
Young children in homes affected by parental SUD are at increased risk of experiencing impaired caregiving, disruption of parental abilities, unintentional ingestions, and witnessing parental overdose.
In an effort to educate the community on “The Dangers of Today’s Cannabis,” the City of Mission Viejo is hosting an important drug prevention workshop on May 14.
Open to all ages the program begins at 5 pm (with check-in and resources at 4:30 pm) in the City Council Chamber at 200 Civic Center.
Led by Joe Eberstein of the Cannabis Public Health Initiative, the program will focus on the hype and reality of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC); how the teen brain is impacted; how to keep kids and elderly parents safe; and more.
Join the CPHI, San Diego County Office of Education, MADD, TREDS at UC San Diego for a teen safe driving event on March 13th. This is a virtual training focused on teens before Prom and Grad season.