Marijuana use among adolescent Asian Americans and Pacific islanders: Analysis of ethnic subgroup and gender differences
Ting Luo, Christopher M. Anderson, Jijiang Wang, Yue-Lin Zhuang, Shu-Hong Zhu

TL;DR
The study finds significant differences in marijuana use among various Asian American and Pacific Islander high school students, with some subgroups using it at much higher rates than others.
Contribution
This study provides disaggregated data on marijuana use among AAPI subgroups, revealing substantial heterogeneity previously masked by aggregation.
Findings
Pacific Islander and Cambodian adolescents had the highest current marijuana use rates at 22.3% and 17.9%, respectively.
Multiracial AAPI adolescents had a significantly higher use rate (18.5%) compared to monoethnic AAPIs (7.3%).
Female AAPI adolescents used marijuana at a higher rate (10.8%) than males (9.6%).
Abstract
To assess heterogeneity in marijuana use among adolescent Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) subgroups. AAPI high school students (n = 31,071) participating in the 2019–2020 California Student Tobacco Survey were categorized by race/ethnicity and examined for ever and current (past-30-day) marijuana use. Descriptive statistics were used to describe marijuana use and harm perceptions by subgroups. Multiple logistic regression was used to compare subgroups on marijuana use with other demographics as covariates. Current marijuana use rates by ethnic subgroups were: Chinese 4.2 %, Koreans 4.9 %, Indians 5.2 %, Vietnamese 6.0 %, Hmong 6.4 %, Pakistanis 6.6 %, Japanese 9.4 %, Filipinos 9.6 %, Cambodians 17.9 %, other monoethnic Asians 10.5 %, and Pacific Islanders 22.3 %. Current use rates for monoethnic, multiethnic, and multiracial AAPIs were 7.3 %, 9.1 %, and 18.5 %,…
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TopicsCannabis and Cannabinoid Research · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
