Tobacco and cannabis use are common among adolescents, and using both substances can pose greater health risks than using either substance alone. Co-use has been associated with increased risks related to addiction, respiratory health, psychosocial functioning, educational outcomes, anxiety, depression, and adolescent brain development.
This study aims to better understand when, where, why, and how adolescents use tobacco and cannabis together. Researchers will examine the situations and motivations surrounding different patterns of co-use among adolescents. While previous research has looked at tobacco and cannabis separately or has relied on broad surveys, this study aims to fill the gap in the literature regarding cannabis-nicotine co-use in adolescents.
This study takes a closer look at adolescents' real-world experiences and circumstances surrounding substance use in order to create a prevention program.
Dr. Dallas Stout has been a member of the faculty at California State University Fullerton since 2007. Additionally, he is a member of the faculty at The University of Arizona Global Campus (since 2009), and Brigham Young University, Idaho (since 2018). He teaches a variety of undergraduate & graduate courses in Psychology, Human Services, and Child Development as well as Non-Profit Principles, Practices, Governance & Finance. Dr. Stout has worked in the non-profit community in Southern California for over 30 years including many years leading the Counties' largest adolescent residential drug rehab and sober high school. Today he uses his experience to assist a variety of non-profit programs in Southern California thru DoctorS Nonprofit Consulting which he co-founded with his wife Dr. Debbie Stout in 2004.
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