Home > Comparison of water pipes vs other modes of cannabis consumption and subsequent illicit drug use in a longitudinal cohort of young Swiss men

Tsai, Dai-Hua and Foster, Simon and Baggio, Stéphanie and Gmel, Gerhard and Mohler-Kuo, Meichun (2021) Comparison of water pipes vs other modes of cannabis consumption and subsequent illicit drug use in a longitudinal cohort of young Swiss men. JAMA Network Open, 4, (4), e213220. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.3220.

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Question: Is there an association between consuming cannabis with a water pipe and later consumption of other illicit drugs?

Findings: In this longitudinal cohort study of 1108 men, both unadjusted and adjusted models showed that consumption of cannabis with a water pipe at baseline was associated with the use of other illicit drugs at follow-up compared with not using a water pipe.

Meaning: Policy campaigns designed to reduce the prevalence and risks associated with cannabis use should not only target cannabis frequency, but also the water pipe route of administration.


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