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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2016 Jun 17;42(6):671–681. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2016.1174707

Table 1.

Characteristics of each substance use group.

Non-misusers (n = 451) MJ-only (n = 245) Alc & MJ (n = 141) Polysubstance (n = 40)
Substance misuse rates
    % Marijuana*** 0.0 100.0 59.5 92.5
    % Alcohol*** 0.0 0.0 100.0 60.0
    % Cocaine*** 0.0 0.0 4.3 30.0
    % Hallucinogens*** 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.0
    % Street opioids*** 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0
    % Prescription stimulants*** 0.0 1.2 2.8 22.5
    % Prescription opioids*** 0.0 0.0 0.7 57.5
    % Sedatives*** 0.0 4.5 0.0 50.0
Individual demographics
    Age M (SD)*** 19.2 (2.8) 19.8 (2.4) 21.1 (2.2) 20.4 (2.1)
    % Male*** 39.4 60.8 57.4 62.5
    % African American*** 74.6 76.3 63.8 37.5
    % Government Aid 74.1 73.7 79.4 72.5
    % Violent injury group*** 48.9 62.4 61.7 65.0
Other behavioral outcomes
    % Unprotected sex*** 10.0 18.0 19.1 35.0
    % Motor vehicle crash*** 3.1 6.5 10.0 15.0
    % Serious violence*** 52.9 66.9 70.2 82.5
    % Weapon victimization*** 48.0 66.9 65.9 70.0
    % Weapon aggression*** 8.8 22.0 24.1 22.5
Alcohol outlets and crime
    # On-premises outlets within 1/4 mile M (SD)* 0.3 (0.8) 0.3 (0.8) 0.4 (1.1) 0.7 (1.5)
    # Package stores within 1/4 mile M (SD) 0.8 (0.9) 0.9 (0.9) 0.8 (0.9) 0.9 (1.0)
    % in top decile violent crime density 19.5 23.7 24.1 12.5
    % in top decile drug crime density* 9.7 6.9 15.6 17.5

Notes. Tests in the “other behavioral outcomes” and “alcohol outlets and crime” categories treat substance use categories as ordinal, moving from “Non-misusers” to “Polysubstance”. MJ-only: Marijuana-only misuse class. Alc & MJ: Alcohol/Marijuana misuse class.

*

p < .05

**p < .01

***

p < .001.