@article{ref1,
title="Substance use among sexual and gender minorities: association with police discrimination and police mistrust",
journal="Sexuality, gender and policy",
year="2020",
author="Lipperman-Kreda, Sharon and Wilson, Ida and Hunt, Geoffrey P. and Annechino, Rachelle and Antin, Tamar M. J.",
volume="3",
number="2",
pages="92-104",
abstract="We investigated associations between experiences with police discrimination, police mistrust, and substance use in a convenience sample of 237 sexual and gender minority (SGM) adults in California. In a cross-sectional survey, collected between January 2016 and July 2017, participants reported substance use, lifetime experiences with SGM-related police discrimination, police mistrust, demographics and SGM visibility. In adjusted logistic regression models, we found a positive association between lifetime police discrimination and past-two-week heavy episodic drinking. Police mistrust also was positively associated with past-month marijuana use. Several significant interactions between lifetime police discrimination or police mistrust with other socially stigmatized identities including being African American, insecure housing, and being a gender minority on a few substance use outcomes suggest that effects of police discrimination and mistrust on substance use are stronger among participants with multiple stigmatized identities. <br><br>RESULTS suggest the importance of policies and interventions that focus on eliminating police discrimination and increasing police legitimacy to reduce risk of substance use among SGM individuals.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2639-5355",
doi="10.1002/sgp2.12019",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sgp2.12019"
}