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dc.contributor.authorHyggen, Christer
dc.contributor.authorHammer, Torild
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-03T07:19:05Z
dc.date.available2016-05-03T07:19:05Z
dc.date.issued2014-12-16
dc.identifier.citationHyggen, C., & Hammer, T. (2015). From cannabis to problem drinking? Use and abuse from youth to adulthood. Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 32(1), 49-60.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1455-0725
dc.identifier.otherFRIDAID 1216931
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nsad-2014-0034
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/3287
dc.description.abstractAIMS – The transition from youth to adulthood is associated with changes in the consumption of drugs and alcohol. The aim is to explore the process of “maturing out” of high levels of alcohol consumption, substance use and alcohol related problems from youth to adulthood. We are particularly interested in the relationship between the use of cannabis and alcohol consumption in relation to indicators of adult roles and responsibilities and alcohol-related problems over the life-course. METHODS – We used data from the longitudinal panel survey Arbeid, Livsstil og Helse (ALH). The data contains information on alcohol and drug consumption, alcohol related problems and a range of indicators of adulthood like marriage and parenthood from surveys repeated in 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2003 and 2010. The sample was nationally representative for the cohorts born 1965–1968 and thus contains individual histories from youth (17–20 years) to adulthood (42–45 years) with response rates ranging from 80% in 1985 to 53% in 2010 (total n=1997). RESULTS – Alcohol consumption is found to be substantially higher among users of cannabis than among non-users throughout the period from youth to adulthood. The use of cannabis, the level of alcohol consumption and probability of experiencing alcohol related problems decrease as the cohorts grow older. Alcohol related problems are still associated with the level of involvement with cannabis: those with a current or previous involvement with cannabis report more alcohol related problems. Taking into account the decreasing trend of alcohol related problems with age we find that becoming a parent and/ or getting married reduces the risk of experiencing such problems.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherDe Gruyter Openen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs;32(1)
dc.subjectAlcoholen_US
dc.subjectAlcohol related problemsen_US
dc.subjectCannabisen_US
dc.subjectLife courseen_US
dc.subjectMaturing outen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosiologi: 220en_US
dc.titleFrom cannabis to problem drinking? Use and abuse from youth to adulthooden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.version© 2014 Christer Hyggen and Torild Hammer. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License. (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)en_US


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