News Finding: This study is the first to show that HS students are using e-cigarettes to vaporize cannabis.
Paper Finding: The current study is the first to demonstrate that HS students are using e-cigarettes to vaporize cannabis.
News Context: These findings raise concerns about the lack of e-cigarette regulations and the potential use of e-cigarettes for purposes other than vaping nicotine," said the researchers in the journal. The researchers noted that future research is needed to determine whether e-cigarettes may serve as a "gateway" to cannabis use; future research should include more variables (such as race); and future research should be done to determine if the rates are higher in states where marijuana use is legalized. This study is the first to show that HS students are using e-cigarettes to vaporize cannabis.
Paper Context: Using e-cigarettes to vaporize cannabis did not differ significantly by students' SES (P = .23). The current study is the first to demonstrate that HS students are using e-cigarettes to vaporize cannabis. Of central importance, rates of using e-cigarettes to vaporize cannabis were high among all students who had ever tried an e-cigarette, among all students who had tried any form of cannabis, and among the subsample of students who had experimented with the combination of e-cigarettes and cannabis (.4% of the total sample, 18.0% of lifetime e-cigarette users, 18.4% of lifetime cannabis users, and 26.% of lifetime dual users).