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Author: Chen, Jarvis T.
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1. Sokol, Natasha A.
Okechukwu, Cassandra A.
Chen, Jarvis T.
Subramanian, S.V.
Rees, Vaughan W.
Maternal Cannabis Use During a Child's Lifetime Associated With Earlier Initiation
American Journal of Preventive Medicine 55,5 (November 2018): 592-602.
Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749379718320920
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Drug Use; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration; Mothers, Behavior; Parental Influences

Introduction: Earlier cannabis initiation is associated with more severe neuropsychiatric and social consequences. The authors investigated whether mothers' cannabis use is associated with earlier cannabis initiation by their children.

Methods: Mother and child data were from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (1980–1998 waves) and Child and Young Adults (1988–2014 waves) cohorts, respectively. Cox proportional hazard models assessed the effect of maternal cannabis use prior to a child's adolescence on the child's risk of subsequent cannabis initiation. Models were stratified by race and child's age category (6–16, 17–24, ≥25 years). Adjusted analyses controlled for sociodemographic variables. Analyses were conducted in 2017.

Results: Median age of cannabis initiation for children of maternal ever users was age 16 years compared with age 18 years among children of maternal never users. Children of 1-year and multiple-year users were at increased risk of cannabis initiation between ages 6 and 16 years (hazard ratio=1.38, p<0.001, and hazard ratio = 1.45, p<0.001, respectively). Effects were slightly stronger among non-Hispanic non-black children.

Bibliography Citation
Sokol, Natasha A., Cassandra A. Okechukwu, Jarvis T. Chen, S.V. Subramanian and Vaughan W. Rees. "Maternal Cannabis Use During a Child's Lifetime Associated With Earlier Initiation." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 55,5 (November 2018): 592-602.