Martinez and Guttmannova Co-Author Study on Age-Varying Patterns of Young Adult Cannabis Use and Cannabis Specific Risk Factors

Posted: 5/1/2025 ()

CSDE Affiliates Griselda Martinez (lead author) and Katarina Guttmannova (senior author) both in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and colleagues analyzed patterns of cannabis use, related risk factors such as norms about and perceived harm from use, and their associations over the course of young adulthood in a legalized nonmedical cannabis context using 2015-2022 data from young adults in Washington State. The results, published in this Prevention Science article, suggest preventive intervention efforts should include sustained focus on cannabis-specific risk factors across young adulthood. Read the full article here.