Table 5.

Association between under 21 MLDA exposure and drug use among participants with high school education or less^a

	Past month use		Past year use		Abuse or Dependence
	aOR (95% CI)	p	aOR (95% CI)	p	aOR (95% CI)	p
Marijuana use
Overallb
Under 21 MLDA exposure	1.00 (0.84, 1.20)	.976	1.05 (0.91, 1.20)	.503	1.13 (0.72, 1.78)	.595
By Cohort
Year of birth 1949-1960c	1.05 (0.65, 1.70)	.839	1.00 (0.69, 1.45)	.995	1.68 (0.37, 7.58)	.501
Year of birth 1961-1972d	1.24 (0.98, 1.55)	.069	1.16 (0.97, 1.38)	.108	1.25 (0.76, 2.04)	.378
By Sex
Mene	0.98 (0.76, 1.26)	.886	1.05 (0.86, 1.27)	.630	1.07 (0.64, 1.81)	.796
Womenf	1.05 (0.80, 1.36)	.737	1.03 (0.86, 1.24)	.727	1.26 (0.66, 2.38)	.486
Use of illicit drugs other than marijuana
Overallb
Under 21 MLDA exposure	1.00 (0.83, 1.19)	.961	1.15 (1.01, 1.30)	.034	1.24 (0.94, 1.65)	.127
By Cohort
Year of birth 1949-1960c	1.24 (0.76, 2.02)	.393	1.56 (1.09, 2.22)	.014	1.58 (0.68, 3.71)	.291
Year of birth 1961-1972d	1.02 (0.79, 1.31)	.893	1.16 (0.99, 1.38)	.074	1.20 (0.86, 1.68)	.281
By Sex
Mene	1.08 (0.86, 1.37)	.499	1.26 (1.07, 1.49)	.005	1.29 (0.88, 1.89)	.191
Womenf	0.89 (0.61, 1.29)	.539	1.00 (0.81, 1.23)	.988	1.16 (0.69, 1.96)	.578

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

^bOverall unweighted N=47,700 (rounded to the nearest 100)

^cYear of birth 1949-1960, unweighted N=18,600 (rounded to the nearest 100)

^dYear of birth 1961-1972, unweighted N=29,100 (rounded to the nearest 100)

^eMen, unweighted N=23,000 (rounded to the nearest 100)

^fWomen, unweighted N=24,700 (rounded to the nearest 100)