RT Article
T1 COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Attitudes Within Two Cohorts of Younger Adult Cannabis Users
JF Journal of drug issues
VO 53
IS 3
SP 422
OP 430
A1 Fedorova, Ekaterina V.
A1 Wong, Carolyn F.
A1 Conn, Bridgid M.
A1 Ataiants, Janna
A1 Lankenau, Stephen E.
A2 Wong, Carolyn F.
A2 Conn, Bridgid M.
A2 Ataiants, Janna
A2 Lankenau, Stephen E.
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1847613438
AB It is crucial to understand COVID-19 vaccine uptake and attitudes among young adult cannabis users given the lowest vaccination rates among young adults and negative association between cannabis use and willingness to get vaccinated. 18–21-year-old and 26–33-year-old cohorts of cannabis users, recruited in California, were surveyed about the COVID-19 vaccine uptake/attitudes between March-August 2021. Cannabis use/demographic differences were investigated by vaccination status. Vaccine attitudes data were categorized and presented descriptively. 44.4% of the older and 71.8% of the younger cohorts were vaccinated. Non-Hispanic Black/African American race/ethnicity, lack of health insurance, and medicinal orientation towards cannabis use were negatively associated with vaccine receipt within the older cohort. For both cohorts, top reasons for vaccine hesitancy and rejection were concerns about speed of development, potential side effects, natural immunity, and lack of trust of vaccines. Our results highlight greater vaccine hesitance/rejection and need for targeted interventions among mid-20’s-early-30’s cannabis users.
K1 medical cannabis use
K1 Young adults
K1 vaccine hesitancy
K1 COVID-19 vaccine
DO 10.1177/00220426221131488