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
Kunal Lalwani,
Patrice Whitehorne-Smith,
Joni-Gaye McLeary
et al.
Abstract: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 measur… Show more
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