Table 4.

Association between under 21 MLDA exposure and drug use, stratified by cohort^a and sex

	Past month use		Past year use		Abuse or Dependence
	aOR (95% CI)	p	aOR (95% CI)	p	aOR (95% CI)	p
Marijuana use
Cohort
Year of birth 1949-1960b	0.95 (0.70, 1.28)	.726	0.98 (0.74, 1.31)	.898	0.93 (0.42, 2.04)	.852
Year of birth 1961-1972c	1.09 (0.92, 1.28)	.326	1.11 (0.99, 1.25)	.079	1.03 (0.73, 1.45)	.870
Sex
Men	1.04 (0.86, 1.26)	.691	1.14 (0.98, 1.32)	.081	1.04 (0.75, 1.45)	.800
Women	0.86 (0.73, 1.004)	.056	0.90 (0.81, 1.003)	.057	0.83 (0.56, 1.24)	.360
Use of illicit drugs other than marijuana
Cohort
Year of birth 1949-1960b	1.11 (0.74, 1.67)	.621	1.18 (0.88, 1.57)	.275	1.16 (0.53, 2.55)	.714
Year of birth 1961-1972c	1.03 (0.83, 1.27)	.796	1.11 (0.98, 1.27)	.103	1.09 (0.83, 1.45)	.532
Sex
Men	1.09 (0.91, 1.30)	.354	1.20 (1.09, 1.32)	<.001	1.22 (0.89, 1.68)	.223
Women	1.00 (0.78, 1.28)	.994	0.94 (0.79, 1.12)	.485	1.00 (0.66, 1.51)	.986

^aAll models also include fixed effects for state and year of birth, as well as sex, race, age category, education, year, state unemployment rate, state citizen ideology, and state per capita income. Models stratified by sex do not include sex as a predictor.

^bYear of birth 1949-1960, unweighted N=41,800 (rounded to the nearest 100)

^cYear of birth 1961-1972, unweighted N=68,500 (rounded to the nearest 100)