Verbal memory, learning, and executive functioning among adolescent inhalant and cannabis users (original) (raw)

Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 2011

Abstract

Inhalant use is a common form of drug misuse among young adolescents. However, very little is known about how chronic inhalant misuse affects cognition. Several studies have examined cognitive deficits among inhalant users, but no study has thoroughly addressed the confounding issues frequently associated with inhalant users (e.g., polysubstance use). The aim of the current study was to examine possible deficits in memory, learning, and executive components of memory (interference susceptibility) among young, regular inhalant users relative to a statistically equivalent drug-using control group (primarily cannabis users) and a community control group. Three groups of 21 young people (aged 13-24 years) were recruited: an inhalant- using group, a drug-using control group, and a community control group. The inhalant and drug-using controls were matched at the group level on demographic, clinical, and substance use measures. All three groups were statistically equivalent on age, sex, an...

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