Concurrent and simultaneous drug and alcohol use: Results of the 2000 National Alcohol Survey

Abstract

This study estimates the prevalence, assesses predictors and evaluates factors associated with concurrent and simultaneous use of drugs and alcohol in the United States population. Using data from the 2000 National Alcohol Survey (n=7612), respondents were asked if they used specific drugs in the last 12 months. Current drinkers who reported using each type of drug were asked if they used alcohol and the drug at the same time. Approximately 10% reported using marijuana in the last 12 months (concurrent use); 7% reported drinking alcohol and using marijuana at the same time (simultaneous use). Approximately 5% of current drinkers reported using drugs other than marijuana in the last 12 months; 1.7% reported drinking alcohol and using drugs other than marijuana at the same time. Being younger, having less than a high school education, not having a regular partner and having heavier drinking patterns were associated with using alcohol and marijuana simultaneously. Simultaneous use of marijuana and alcohol as well as other drugs and alcohol were significantly related to social consequences, alcohol dependence, and depression. These results mirror clinical populations in which increasingly younger clients report use of alcohol and drugs and need treatment for both.

Predictors of driving after alcohol and drug use among adolescents in Valencia (Spain)

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Marijuana and Other Substance Use Among Motor Vehicle Operators: A Latent Class Analysis

“…This phenomenon has been studied in terms of marijuana and the concurrent use of other substances such as alcohol (Blows et al, 2005;Penning et al, 2010;Scherer et al, 2013b), cocaine (Higgins et al, 2007;Lindsay et al, 2009;Scherer et al, 2013a), and opioids (Subramaniam et al, 2010), which could potentially compound detrimental effects (Midanik et al, 2007). This is of particular concern when examining everyday activities such as driving.…”

Substance use outcomes 5½ years past baseline for partnership-based, family-school preventive interventions

“…Among the more serious types of substance use, poly-substance use (i.e., the use of different substances on the same or different occasions- Toumbourou and Catalano, 2005), is particularly important to consider. Adolescent poly-substance use is associated with a number of problematic outcomes, such as adverse psychological and social consequences, particularly for girls (Lex, 1995;Overman et al, 2004), increased delinquent acts for boys (Mason and Windle, 2002), an increased likelihood of developing substance abuse and other mental health problems in adulthood (Newcomb and Felix-Ortiz, 1992;Toumbourou and Catalano, 2005), lower levels of adolescent achievement motivation and adult job-related problems (Mohler-Kuo et al, 2003;Stein et al, 1993), accidental death due to drug overdose (Coffin et al, 2003), suicide (Midanik et al, 2007), high-risk sexual behaviors (Midanik et al, 2007), and substance-related accidents in adulthood .…”