Does the Gateway Sequence Increase Prediction of Cannabis Use Disorder Development Beyond Deviant Socialization? Implications for Prevention Practice and Policy

摘要

BackgroundThis study was conducted to test whether non-normative socialization mediates the association between transmissible risk measured in childhood and cannabis use disorder manifested by young adulthood, and whether the sequence of drug use initiation (“gateway”, i.e., consuming legal drugs before cannabis, or the reverse) increases accuracy of prediction of cannabis use disorder.