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Dangers of simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30615
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , psychology , alcohol , clinical psychology , focus (optics) , environmental health , psychiatry , social psychology , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , optics
Young adults who have low levels of reward from their environments are at greater risk for alcohol severity, researchers have found in a study of 393 college students. These individuals may benefit from brief interventions that focus on increasing rewards (that are not related to substances) for individuals who have inadequate rewards in their lives.