Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Recent evidence from adult SMM has indicated that marijuana is associated with the occurrence of CAS with casual partners above and beyond illicit drug use. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate associations between CAS and the use of marijuana and illicit drugs in a sample of young SMM aged 15 to A hurdle model simultaneously predicted the occurrence of CAS as well as the frequency of CAS among those reporting it.
Findings mirror recent observations in large samples of adult SMM. While the effect size of marijuana is more modest than illicit drug use, marijuana does have significant and unique associations with the occurrence of CAS. Sexual minorities aged are more likely to use marijuana A substantial body of evidence has documented the association between drug use and CAS e.
Most of this research has looked at illicit drugs other than marijuana, including cocaine, methamphetamines, ketamine, gamma-hydroxybutyrate-GHB, and ecstasy e. Aggregate Starks et al. Most recently, Starks et al. Results indicated that the associations between illicit drug use and CAS with casual partners did not differ significantly between single and non-monogamous SMM.
The association diminished but remained significant among monogamous SMM. The association between marijuana use and CAS is not as well researched. This may partially be due to a common perception that marijuana is not as strongly associated with HIV sexual risk behaviors compared to stimulant drugs Morgan et al. Among the general population, some studies have found no association e. For SMM, only a small number of studies have looked specifically at marijuana use with sexual risk behavior.
Morgan et al. Their results found that when marijuana was used as a sex drug to make sex easier, better, or last longer, it was associated with engaging in CAS. Starks et al. Marijuana was not associated with significant increase in the frequency of CAS among those reporting it.
