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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Sep 16;22(10):1172–1180. doi: 10.1111/acem.12767

Table 2.

Differences in Past 3-Month Drug Use/Misuse Frequency on a Continuous Scale by Study Group to Baseline Versus 3-Month Follow-up

Control Group (n = 327)
Treatment Group (n = 306)
Substance Categories Baseline,
x̄(SE)
3-Month
Follow-up,
x̄(SE)
Baseline −3-Month
Follow-up
Δ1x̄ (95% CI)
Baseline,
x̄(SE)
3-Month
Follow-up,
x̄(SE)
Baseline −3-Month
Follow-up,
Δ2x̄ (95% CI)
Control Group -
Treatment Group,
Δ1x̄ - Δ2x̄ (95% CI)
Marijuana 3.56 (0.12) 3.09 (0.13) 0.47 (0.28 to 0.68) 3.64 (0.12) 2.88 (0.14) 0.76 (0.54 to 0.99) −0.29 (−0.59 to 0.02)
Cocaine or crack 0.69 (0.08) 0.44 (0.07) 0.25 (0.12 to 0.38) 0.74 (0.09) 0.46 (0.07) 0.28 (0.13 to 0.44) −0.03 (−0.24 to 0.16)
Methamphetamines 0.17 (0.04) 0.10 (0.03) 0.07 (−0.02 to 0.16) 0.13 (0.04) 0.08 (0.03) 0.05 (−0.01 to 0.13) 0.02 (−0.11 to 0.12)
Inhalants 0.11 (0.03) 0.08 (0.03) 0.03 (−0.03 to 0.09) 0.10 (0.04) 0.06 (0.02) 0.04 (−0.02 to 0.12) −0.01 (−0.11 to 0.08)
Hallucinogens 0.15 (0.04) 0.13 (0.04) 0.02 (−0.08 to 0.12) 0.09 (0.03) 0.06 (0.02) 0.03 (−0.02 to 0.08) −0.01 (−0.12 to 0.10)
Illicit opioids 0.37 (0.07) 0.23 (0.05) 0.14 (0.00 to 0.27) 0.32 (0.06) 0.38 (0.08) −0.06 (−0.18 to 0.05) 0.20 (0.01 to 0.37)
Gamma hydroxy butyrate (GHB) 0.02 (0.01) 0.03 (0.02) −0.01 (−0.05 to 0.03) 0.01 (0.01) 0.03 (0.02) −0.02 (−0.06 to 0.00) 0.01 (−0.04 to 0.07)
Amphetamines 0.19 (0.04) 0.17 (0.04) 0.02 (−0.09 to 0.12) 0.12 (0.05) 0.11 (0.04) 0.01 (0.01 to 0.17) 0.01 (−0.21 to 0.06)
Benzodiazepines 0.56 (0.08) 0.47 (0.07) 0.09 (−0.05 to 0.25) 0.44 (0.07) 0.32 (0.06) 0.12 (−0.03 to 0.27) −0.03 (−0.24 to 0.20)
Barbiturates 0.06 (0.03) 0.03 (0.02) 0.03 (−0.04 to 0.10) 0.02 (0.01) 0.03 (0.02) −0.01 (−0.06 to 0.02) 0.04 (−0.05 to 0.12)
Methadone 0.20 (0.05) 0.18 (0.05) 0.02 (−0.08 to 0.12) 0.20 (0.05) 0.22 (0.06) −0.02 (−0.12 to 0.10) 0.04 (−0.12 to 0.18)
Prescription opioids 0.87 (0.09) 0.70 (0.08) 0.17 (−0.02 to 0.37) 0.75 (0.09) 0.60 (0.09) 0.15 (0.00 to 0.30) 0.02 (−0.22 to 0.27)
Total drugs including marijuana 6.94 (0.32) 5.63 (0.31) 1.31 (0.57 to 2.11) 6.63 (0.28) 5.20 (0.34) 1.43 (0.83 to 2.04) −0.10 (−1.12 to 0.87)
Total drugs excluding marijuana 3.37 (0.32) 2.55 (0.28) 0.82 (0.18 to 1.51) 2.98 (0.28) 2.32 (0.32) 0.66 (0.14 to 1.15) 0.16 (−0.65 to 1.02)

x̄ = mean; SE = standard error.