Whitehill, Jennifer M Rodriguez-Monguio, Rosa Doucette, Mitchell Flom, Emily
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Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse
Driving (DUIM) and riding (RUIM) with a driver under the influence of marijuana increases crash risk. This study assessed risk factors for DUIM and RUIM among ethnically diverse young adults. Randomly selected individuals were surveyed. Multivariable regression was used to assess risk factors associated with DUIM and RUIM. Participants (N = 335, re...
Rigg, Khary K Estreet, Anthony T
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Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse
Over the past two decades, the demographic profile of MDMA (ecstasy/molly) users has changed. In particular, African American MDMA use has risen in some cities. One explanation of this new trend is the drug's recent popularity (as molly) in hip-hop/rap (HHR) music. Several top rappers endorse the drug as a way to have fun or get women "loose." Ther...
Chhatre, Sumedha Jayadevappa, Ravishankar
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Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse
Substance use among cancer patients is an important psychosocial comorbidity. Currently, there is a paucity of information regarding racial disparity in substance use among cancer patients. The objective of this study was to analyze racial and ethnic disparity in prevalence of substance use and its effects on outcomes in Medicare elderly with advan...
Gallagher, John Robert Nordberg, Anne Dibley, Alyssa R
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Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse
Drug courts have been an important part of the criminal justice system since 1989. They continue to expand throughout the United States because nearly three decades of research has shown that they are more effective than other interventions, such as traditional probation. There is a pattern, though, in some drug courts where African Americans are l...
Kelley, Allyson Witzel, Morgan Fatupaito, Bethany
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Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse
TBPs are very limited in the literature. Despite tribal use for thousands of years, TBPs are underrepresented and misunderstood. This review found that the terminology used to describe TBPs is not consistent across agencies, publications, websites, or reports. There is also variation in how TBPs originate in substance use prevention contexts and th...
Pagano, Anna Lee, Juliet P García, Victor Recarte, Carlos
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Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse
Access to study populations is a major concern for drug use and treatment researchers. Spaces related to drug use and treatment have varying levels of researcher accessibility based on several issues, including legality, public versus private settings, and insider/outsider status. Ethnographic research methods are indispensable for gaining and main...
Kamimura, Akiko Ashby, Jeanie Tabler, Jennifer Nourian, Maziar M Trinh, Ha Ngoc Chen, Jason Reel, Justine J
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Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse
The abuse of substances is a significant public health issue. Perceived stress and depression have been found to be related to the abuse of substances. The purpose of this study is to examine the prevalence of substance use (i.e., alcohol problems, smoking, and drug use) and the association between substance use, perceived stress, and depression am...
Grigsby, Timothy J Forster, Myriam Soto, Daniel W Unger, Jennifer B
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Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse
We examine whether peer substance use and cultural factors differentially influence the initiation of tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use in adolescence and emerging adulthood (EA) among a community-based sample of Hispanics. Participants provided data in 11th grade (M = 16.8 years old, SD = 0.54) and emerging adulthood (M = 20.3 years old, SD = 0....
Athamneh, Liqa Essien, E James Sansgiry, Sujit S Abughosh, Susan
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Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse
In this study, we examined the effect of theory of planned behavior (TPB) constructs on the intention to quit water pipe smoking by using an observational, survey-based, cross-sectional study design with a convenient sample of Arab American adults in Houston, Texas. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to determine predictors of intent...
Grigsby, Timothy J Forster, Myriam Soto, Daniel W Unger, Jennifer B
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Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse
We examine whether peer substance use and cultural factors differentially influence the initiation of tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use in adolescence and emerging adulthood (EA) among a community-based sample of Hispanics. Participants provided data in 11th grade (M = 16.8 years old, SD = 0.54) and emerging adulthood (M = 20.3 years old, SD = 0....
