Transgender people more likely to have problems with drugs, alcohol and smoking

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A US and Israeli study of 15,637 transgender and 46,911 cisgender adults found transgender people were more likely to have issues with problematic use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco than cis people. Among transgender people, cannabis was the most prevalent drug, followed by opioids and cocaine, whereas among cisgender people, cannabis and opioids were equally prevalent, followed by cocaine, the authors say. The results highlight the need for effective, culturally-tailored treatments for substance use problems in the transgender community, they conclude.

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conference: JAMA Network Open

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Organisation/s: Brown University School of Public Health, USA

Funder: This study was supported by grant 1R21MD012371-01 from the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health to Drs Rose and Jasjua with Drs Hughto and Dunbar as coinvestigators. Dr Hughto is also supported by The Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) on Opioids and Overdose, funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant number P20GM125507.

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