@article{ref1,
title="An examination of consequences among college student drinkers on occasions involving alcohol-only, marijuana-only, or combined alcohol and marijuana use",
journal="Psychology of addictive behaviors",
year="2019",
author="Mallett, Kimberly A. and Turrisi, Rob and Trager, Bradley M. and Sell, Nichole and Linden-Carmichael, Ashley N.",
volume="33",
number="3",
pages="331-336",
abstract="This event-level study examined within-person differences in consequences for college students who engaged in alcohol-only, marijuana-only, or simultaneous alcohol and marijuana (SAM) use across 18 weekend days. Participants (<i>n</i> = 451) were asked to report consequences they experienced on each occasion across five different types of events: (a) heavier alcohol combined with marijuana; (b) lighter alcohol combined with marijuana; (c) heavier alcohol only; (d) lighter alcohol only; and (e) marijuana only. Occasions involving heavy drinking, alone and in combination with marijuana, were associated with higher rates of consequences relative to lighter alcohol-only occasions, lighter alcohol combined with marijuana occasions, and marijuana-only occasions. Light alcohol-only occasions did not significantly differ on consequences from lighter alcohol combined with marijuana occasions or marijuana-only occasions. Past research has shown SAM use is associated with more consequences compared with alcohol-only use. The current findings suggest that SAM use is not necessarily riskier than drinking or using marijuana alone. <br><br>RESULTS suggested that on heavy drinking occasions, the number of consequences did not significantly change by also using marijuana. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest the benefit of targeted intervention strategies to reduce harms associated with heavy drinking occasions with and without SAM use. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0893-164X",
doi="10.1037/adb0000458",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/adb0000458"
}