Cannabis legalization and changes in young adult substance use, related health risk behaviors, and risk factors in WA State (Project YAM)

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This project involves analyses of data from the Washington State Young Adult Health Study to examine the impact of cannabis legalization on cannabis-related risk factors, substance use, and related health risk behaviors such as driving while intoxicated, and to study developmental trajectories of substance use and the role of community level and other cannabis-specific risk factors in the context of legalized cannabis among young adults in Washington State.

Project Period:
September 15, 2019 — August 22, 2022

Accepting Trainees?

No

Funding Type(s):
Federal

Funder(s):
NIDA

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Geographic Area(s):
Washington

Patient Population(s):
Young Adults

Targeted Condition(s):
Heath risk behaviors/health behaviors