Exploration of simultaneous polydrug use: risk and protective factors in undergraduate students in one university, Kingston - Jamaica

Mitchell, Carole; Simich, Laura; Strike, Carol; Brands, Bruna; Giesbrecht, Norman; Khenti, Akwatu

doi:10.1590/s0104-07072012000500009

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“…Additionally, consistent with previous research (e.g., McCabe et al, 2007), alcohol use was a significant risk factor for past 30-day illicit substance use, which is consistent with Mitchell et al (2012), which indicated that 6.1% of participants reported past year concurrent polydrug use (including alcohol and marijuana). Other studies (e.g., Midanik, Tam, & Weisner, 2007; Pacek, Malcolm, & Martins, 2012) have indicated that individuals who engage in polysubstance use are at an increased risk to experience aversive consequences (e.g., arrests, major depressive episodes), as well as negative health consequences from these use patterns.…”

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confidence: 89%

Prescription drug misuse, illicit drug use, and their potential risk and protective correlates in a Hispanic college student sample.

Cabriales¹,

Cooper²,

Taylor³

2013

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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Illicit substance use has increased in Hispanics. Recent trends also warrant focus on prescription drug misuse, given its increased prevalence among college students. The aims of this study were to assess prescription drug misuse and illicit drug use in Hispanic students, as well as potential theoretically and empirically based risk and protective factors. Hispanic students (n = 435; 59% female) from a U.S. university located on the border with México completed a sociodemographic survey, licit, illicit, and prescription drug use frequency questionnaires, an attitudes and beliefs about prescription drugs survey, the Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales, the Collectivist Coping Styles Measure, and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. A hierarchical logistic regression assessed prescription drug misuse predictors including demographics, licit/illicit substance use, attitudes toward prescription drug use, acculturation, distress symptoms, coping style, perceived social support, and the interaction between distress symptoms and acculturation. A negative binomial regression assessed predictors of past 30-day illegal drug use (the same predictors as the previous model except illicit drug use). Results indicated that positive attitudes toward prescription drugs, higher anxiety, and lower depressive symptomatology increased the odds of prescription drug misuse. Past 30-day alcohol use, positive attitudes toward prescription drugs, and higher acculturation predicted past 30-day illicit drug use. Prescription drug misuse was differentially associated with distress symptoms, whereas the convergence model of acculturation was supported regarding illegal drug use. Inconsistent with hypotheses, protective factors were not significantly associated with substance use.

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confidence: 89%

Prescription drug misuse, illicit drug use, and their potential risk and protective correlates in a Hispanic college student sample.

Cabriales¹,

Cooper²,

Taylor³

2013

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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“…Given the paucity of research in the global context, this research examines the effects of the age of initiation and other psychosocial factors of singular drug use on polysubstance use within a nationally representative sample, thereby providing valuable insight towards policy implications on a national scale. The random selection of survey respondents in the initial study and the use of a large population sample for the current study were significant strengths, as the limited research done in Jamaica investigating polysubstance use has examined small and specific samples103 104 that produced findings that were unlikely to be generalised to a larger population. The strength of the secondary analysis conducted was enhanced by the use of logistic regression for the multivariate analysis.…”

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Investigating the associations of age of initiation and other psychosocial factors of singular alcohol, tobacco and marijuana usage on polysubstance use: analysis of a population-based survey in Jamaica

Lalwani,

Whitehorne-Smith,

McLeary

et al. 2023

BMJ Open

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ObjectivesThis study aimed to examine concurrent polysubstance use of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana and determine correlations with access to marijuana, friend and familial drug use habits, risk perception and the age of initiation associated with the singular use of these substances.DesignA secondary data analysis.SettingUsed the Jamaica National Drug Prevalence Survey 2016 dataset.ParticipantsInvolved the entire dataset comprising 4623 randomly selected respondents between 12 and 65 years old.Outcome measuresPrimary outcome: concurrent polysubstance use recorded as using two or more of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana. Predictor variables include risk perception and age of initiation of singular alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use, ease of marijuana access and family and friend alcohol and illegal drug use.ResultsApproximately 58%–66% of respondents commenced singular alcohol, tobacco or marijuana use under 17. Participants commencing marijuana use at 11 years and under and between 12 and 17 were 3.346 and 4.560 times more likely to report past month concurrent polysubstance use (p=0.030 and p<0.001). Respondents who did not believe that smoking tobacco sometimes (p=0.049), and smoking marijuana sometimes and often was harmful, had increased odds of concurrent polysubstance use (p=0.047 and p<0.001, respectively). Respondents who indicated access to marijuana as easy were significantly more likely to report past month concurrent polysubstance use compared with those who reported access as difficult (p=0.002). Participants who indicated that friends or family members get drunk and take illegal drugs were associated with 1.722 and 1.864 increased odds of reporting past month concurrent polysubstance use (p=0.004 and p=0.017, respectively).ConclusionsDecreased perceived risk, childhood and adolescent age of initiation and easy access to marijuana were significantly associated with polysubstance use among Jamaicans. The influence of friends and family members’ drug and alcohol use behaviours on individuals developing polysubstance use habits further endorses the need for interventions.

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“…University students on the other hand, typically have higher rates of alcohol consumption which may be due in part to the social environment on campus, the ease with which alcohol can be obtained and increased autonomy from parents. [17][18][19] In addition, there is also evidence which suggests that undergraduate students drink even more than their non-student peers. 5,17 The level of hazardous alcohol use within the sample is not alarmingly high when compared to that of international studies.…”

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confidence: 99%

Hazardous Drinking and Its Correlates Among University Students in Barbados

Seale-Foster

Hynes²

2019

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Objective: this study investigates the relationship between problematic drinking, gender, age, marijuana consumption, driving under the influence of alcohol and riding with an alcohol intoxicated driver among university students in Barbados. Method: a cross-sectional survey was used to collect data from 371 students, the majority of whom were female (73.6%) and between the ages of 18 and 21 (60.6%). Results: the majority of participants (81.1%) consumed alcohol in the preceding 12 months and 17.2% met the criteria for problematic drinking based on their Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test score. A significant relationship was uncovered between problematic drinking and student gender, driving under the influence alcohol, riding with an alcohol intoxicated driver and marijuana consumption. Conclusion: further research using a representative sample should be conducted to determine if the findings hold true for the wider student population. Nevertheless, the study highlights the presence of problematic drinking among the students and therefore initiatives should be implemented to reduce and eliminate its occurrence.

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Exploration of simultaneous polydrug use: risk and protective factors in undergraduate students in one university, Kingston - Jamaica

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Prescription drug misuse, illicit drug use, and their potential risk and protective correlates in a Hispanic college student sample.

Prescription drug misuse, illicit drug use, and their potential risk and protective correlates in a Hispanic college student sample.

Investigating the associations of age of initiation and other psychosocial factors of singular alcohol, tobacco and marijuana usage on polysubstance use: analysis of a population-based survey in Jamaica

Hazardous Drinking and Its Correlates Among University Students in Barbados

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