Cannabis use and related harms in the transition to young adulthood: a longitudinal study of Australian secondary school students Scholes-Balog, Kirsty E., Hemphill, Sheryl, Patton, George C. and Toumbourou, John W. 2013, Cannabis use and related harms in the transition to young adulthood: a longitudinal study of Australian secondary school students, Journal of adolescence, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 519-527, doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.03.001. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Cannabis use and related harms in the transition to young adulthood: a longitudinal study of Australian secondary school students Author(s) Scholes-Balog, Kirsty E. Hemphill, Sheryl Patton, George C. Toumbourou, John W. orcid.org/0000-0002-8431-3762 Journal name Journal of adolescence Volume number 36 Issue number 3 Start page 519 End page 527 Total pages 9 Publisher Academic Press Place of publication London, England Publication date 2013-06 ISSN 0140-1971 1095-9254 Keyword(s) cannabis adolescence youth harms prevalence rates Summary The current study documents the changing rates of cannabis use, misuse and cannabis-related social harms among Australian adolescents as they grow into young adulthood. It utilised data from a longitudinal study of young people at ages 15, 16, 17, and 19. The rates of cannabis use were found to increase as participants aged; past year use increased from 7.5% at age 15 to 29.8% at age 19. Further, at ages 17 and 19, cannabis use was more prevalent among males than females. Among those who reported cannabis use, the rates of cannabis-related harms were low to moderate, and did not increase with age in the same manner as rates of cannabis use. The most prevalent self-reported cannabis-related harm was anxiety/depression; affecting between 20–30% of the cannabis users at each age. These findings may assist in understanding the extent of cannabis-related problems among youth, and in planning relevant services. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.03.001 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Grant ID NHMRC 594793 Copyright notice ©2013, Academic Press Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30060339 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 11 Feb 2014, 09:55:14 EST Wed, 12 Feb 2014, 07:55:17 EST Wed, 12 Feb 2014, 07:56:03 EST Wed, 12 Feb 2014, 13:15:43 EST Wed, 12 Feb 2014, 13:20:38 EST Wed, 12 Feb 2014, 13:22:03 EST Wed, 12 Feb 2014, 14:56:08 EST Wed, 12 Feb 2014, 14:57:10 EST Fri, 14 Mar 2014, 14:02:03 EST Mon, 12 May 2014, 15:34:35 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 19:47:16 EST Wed, 28 Jan 2015, 09:57:54 EST Wed, 28 Jan 2015, 10:13:07 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 11 times in TR Web of Science Cited 12 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 885 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 11 Feb 2014, 09:54:53 EST by Jane Moschetti