
@article{ref1,
title="The importance of restricting youth access to marijuana in the age of legalization: lessons learned from tobacco control efforts and CoViD-19 restrictions",
journal="Journal of Adolescent Health",
year="2021",
author="Richter, Linda and Vuolo, Lindsey",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="After a year of uncertainty regarding the effects of COVID-19 on youth substance use, the data are starting to come in and the picture is less dire than anticipated. Undoubtedly, young people with significant individual and family risk factors--such as high levels of emotional distress, anxiety, or financial strain--struggled this year both in terms of their mental health and substance use. Still, use of the two most commonly used addictive substances by young people, e-cigarettes and alcohol, appears to have declined among adolescents and college students during the course of stay-at-home orders in the U.S., even as the use of tobacco, alcohol, opioids, and other drugs increased among adults...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1054-139X",
doi="10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.06.025",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.06.025"
}