Which substances pose the greatest risk of substance use disorder after controlling for polysubstance use?

Original research
par
Gooding, Nolan B., Youssef Allami & Robert J. Williams

Date de publication

2023

Géographie

Canada

Langue de la ressource

English

Texte disponible en version intégrale

Non

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

Non

Évalué par des pairs

Yes

L’objectif

The goal of the present study was to evaluate the association between the use of different substances and the risk of substance use disorder (SUD) while accounting for polysubstance use.

Constatations/points à retenir

Heroin and methamphetamine were associated with the highest risk of SUD across all analyses. In contrast, hallucinogens and inhalants were consistently identified as having the lowest risk. The present results confirm that certain substances appear to have an inherently greater association with SUD compared to other substances.

La conception ou méthodologie de recherche

Data from the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (n = 58,034, unweighted) were used.

Mots clés

Illegal drugs
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