Getting High or Getting By? An Examination of Motives, Misuse, and Concurrent Psychopathology in a Sample of General Community Adults

Objective: Research conducted with young adults has consistently identified cannabis use motives as a predictor for cannabis use and problems, but comparatively few studies have examined cannabis motives in adult samples. Furthermore, although substantive evidence has identified links between cannabis use and psychiatric conditions, limited research has examined the intersection of cannabis use, motives, and psychopathology. The present study …