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Adolescent substance use and educational attainment: An integrative data analysis comparing cannabis and alcohol from three Australasian cohorts

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Adolescent substance use and educational attainment: An integrative data analysis comparing cannabis and alcohol from three Aust [1]
Article Date: 
Sunday, November 1, 2015

Tags:

  • alcohol [2]
  • adolescent [3]

Adolescent cannabis use increased the odds of non-progression with formal education.

  • •Associations for adolescent alcohol use were inconsistent and weaker.
  • •Cannabis use accounted for a greater proportion of the overall rate of educational underachievement than alcohol use.
  • •Findings inform the debate about the relative harms of cannabis and alcohol use.

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Source URL: http://www.rethinkpot.org/adolescent-substance-use-and-educational-attainment-integrative-data-analysis-comparing-cannabis-a-0

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[1] http://www.drugandalcoholdependence.com/article/S0376-8716(15)01631-2/fulltext
[2] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/alcohol
[3] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/adolescent