Assessing Child Preference for Cannabis-Infused Lookalike Edibles & Examining Concurrent Substance Use in Young Adults: Implications for Safety, Marketing, Treatment, and Public Policy becomes clinically important the moment a team has to turn good intentions into reliable action inside adult services and community participation. In Assessing Child Preference for Cannabis-Infused Lookalike Edibles & Examining, for this course, the practical stakes show up in service continuity, accurate reporting, and defensible clinical decisions, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →This symposium examines the growing risks of accidental cannabis ingestion in children and the concurrent use of alcohol and cigarettes in young adults, with a focus on improving safety strategies, guiding product marketing, and informing treatment approaches and public health policies. The first presentation examines the conditions under which children, ages three to six, are likely to consume unattended, preferred, and non-psychoactive edible items resembling cannabis products when they believe they are unsupervised. Under a controlled environment, the study measures latency to consumption and engagement with various edible items, revealing three categories of behavior: those who do not consume anything, those who only consume their preferred item, and those who consume everything. The second presentation examines the concurrent use of alcohol and cigarettes among young adult students from Eastern Michigan University, and evaluates their hypothetical alcohol (APT) and e-cigarette consumption (e-CPT) at increasing costs. Findings from both studies will inform safety and marketing strategies, and influence treatment approaches, with the ultimate goal of safeguarding public health and reducing risks associated with accidental ingestion and substance misuse. Paper 1: Assessing "Unsupervised" Edible Item Consumption in Children: Implications for Safety Strategies and Product Marketing. Adam Briggs, Skylar DeWitt, Samantha Zohr, Grace Kovacic The introduction of adult recreational products resembling common household foods, such as chocolate and gummies, has resulted in a staggering 1375.0% increase in accidental cannabis ingestion cases among children under the age of six (Tweet et al., 2023). This translational study investigates the conditions under which children are likely to consume unattended, preferred, and non-psychoactive edible items resembling cannabis products when they believe they are unsupervised. Children between the ages of three and six were assessed in a controlled environment, measuring latency to consumption and item engagement across various environmental-edible testing conditions, including introducing novelty items. Our preliminary results suggest that children fall into one of three categories: (a) those who do not consume anything (n = 3), (b) those who only consume their preferred item (and do not consume unfamiliar items; n = 1), and (c) those who consume everything (n = 6). These findings provide insight into children's consumption behaviors, inform safety strategies, and influence product marketing practices. By emphasizing the need for collaborative efforts among caregivers, manufacturers, and policymakers, this study seeks to safeguard children's health and reduce the risks associated with accidental consumption of potentially harmful edible items. Paper 2: Understanding How Undergraduates Value e-Cigarettes and Alcohol: Implications for Treatment and Policy. Sydney Batchelder, Grant Saba, Samia Neeley Young adults use both alcohol and e-cigarettes at alarming rates; 24% report binge drinking in the past 2 weeks and 19% report using e-cigarettes in the past month (Schulenberg et al., 2021). Most studies investigating the concurrent use of alcohol and nicotine products have not included an evaluation of e-cigarettes (Frie et al., 2022). The present study asks an initial subsample of young adults from Eastern Michigan University (anticipated N = 50) about their use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and alcohol, and their hypothetical alcohol (APT) and e-cigarette consumption (e-CPT) at increasing cost. We expect that participants who regularly use e-cigarettes will have greater reported consumption on the APT than non-users. On the e-CPT, we anticipate individuals who report problematic alcohol use will have greater reported consumption of e-cigarette puffs than individuals without problematic alcohol use. These results expand prior findings showing greater reported consumption of alcohol among smokers compared to non-smokers (Yurasek et al., 2013). Overall, this research will inform decisions for policymakers and treatment providers, such as screening for e-cigarette use in primary care and alcohol treatment settings, increasing the response cost to access and use e-cigarettes (e.g., increasing age restrictions), and providing polysubstance treatment for young adults.
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