Table 5.

Logistic regression analyses examining potential risks associated with cannabis use among Canadian youth and young adult cannabis users and non-users

Characteristics		Ref. Category	Likely someone may become addicted from smoking, general (N = 870)
			p	AOR	95% CI
Age	19–24	16–18	0.001	0.51	0.35–0.76
	25–30		< 0.001	0.49	0.34–0.70
	19–24	25–30	0.738	1.06	0.76 = 1.48
Sex	Male	Female	0.013	0.69	0.52–0.93
Ethnicity	White	Non-white	0.169	0.81	0.60–1.90
Cannabis use status	Ever use, not in past 30 days	Never use	< 0.001	0.39	0.28–0.55
	Current use, within past 30 days		< 0.001	0.35	0.24–0.52
	Ever use, not in past 30 days	Current use, within past 30 days	0.597	1.11	0.75–1.64
Exposure to education	Exposed	Not exposed	0.097	1.29	0.96–1.76
			Risk of harming mental health, general (N= 870)
Age	19–24	16–18	0.533	0.85	0.51–1.42
	25–30		0.829	0.95	0.59–1.54
	19–24	25–30	0.599	0.90	0.60–1.35
Sex	Male	Female	0.807	0.96	0.67–1.36
Ethnicity	White	Non-white	0.945	1.01	0.70–1.48
Cannabis use status	Ever use, not in past 30 days	Never use	0.001	0.48	0.31–0.74
	Current use, within past 30 days		< 0.001	0.35	0.22–0.56
	Ever use, not in past 30 days	Current use, within past 30 days	0.155	1.36	0.89–2.08
Exposure to education	Exposed	Not exposed	< 0.001	2.28	1.50–3.48
			Worry about damage to future health, self (n= 267)*
Age	19–24	16–18	0.080	0.51	0.24–1.08
	25–30		0.492	0.78	0.38–1.59
	19–24	25–30	0.140	0.66	0.38–1.15
Sex	Male	Female	0.572	1.16	0.70–1.91
Ethnicity	White	Non-white	0.349	0.78	0.45–1.32
Cannabis use status	Current use, within past 30 days	Ever use, not in past 30 days	0.721	1.11	0.63–1.95
Exposure to education	Exposed	Not exposed	0.010	1.99	1.18–3.37
			Perceived addiction, self (n= 267)*
Age	19–24	16-18	0.048	0.41	0.17–0.99
	25–30		0.220	0.61	0.27–1.35
	19–24	25–30	0.287	0.68	0.34–1.38
Sex	Male	Female	0.068	1.78	0.96–3.30
Ethnicity	White	Non-white	0.770	0.91	0.47–1.74
Cannabis use status	Current use, within past 30 days	Ever use, not in past 30 days	0.003	3.96	1.60–9.78
Exposure to education	Exposed	Not exposed	0.125	1.62	0.88-2.99

*Among past 3-month users