Association between Depressive Symptoms and Lifetime Cannabis Use among American Adolescents: Analysis of 2022 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health
Received Date: Dec 01, 2025 / Published Date: Dec 31, 2025
Abstract
This study examines how different symptoms of past depression are associated with cannabis use for adolescents who had a major depressive episode (MDE). As a secondary data analysis, the data of the National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH, 2022) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) were utilized to determine the association between depression symptoms as well as gender, income, race, and lifetime cannabis use for adolescents with a history of MDE. The sample size for this study was 2,914, and hierarchical logistic regression analysis was used. The results showed that the presence of the different types of depressive symptoms in the past, such as feelings of sadness, loss of interest, feelings of worthlessness, change in appetite, and sleep problems, was significantly associated with an increased likelihood of having engaged in cannabis use in their lifetime.
Keywords: Depression Symptoms; Gender; Race; Cannabis Use; Adolescents
Citation: Kim T, Booth C, Dunlap P (2025) Association between Depressive Symptoms and Lifetime Cannabis Use among American Adolescents: Analysis of 2022 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. J Addict Res Ther 16: 792. Doi: 10.4172/2155-6105.1000832
Copyright: © 2025 Kim T, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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