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19608353

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-14
pubmed:abstractText
This report examines whether participants in a study of treatments for marijuana dependence may have increased their use of alcohol when they reduced or ceased marijuana use. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four psychosocial treatments and followed at 3-month intervals for 1 year. Findings are from 207 cases with data at posttreatment and at least one other follow-up. 73% of cases reported an increase of at least 10% in drinking days over their level at intake, and 65% reported an increase of at least 10% in drinks per drinking day. Drinking increases were not related to treatment condition nor to change in marijuana use, but were related to baseline drinking: those with less baseline drinking tended to increase their drinking during treatment and those with more baseline drinking reported less drinking during treatment. Thereafter, drinking levels remained fairly stable throughout the follow-up year. The results are most likely reflective of a regression to the mean effect, and indicate that use of alcohol and marijuana are independent of one another.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1879-0046
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
105
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
168-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-12-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Increased drinking in a trial of treatments for marijuana dependence: substance substitution?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-3944, United States. kadden@psychiatry.uchc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural