On fathers, deferred stories, and the strange elasticity of time

This past year has been extremely exciting at Booming Encore and as we look forward to the upcoming year, we wanted to also reflect back on where we have been. These are the top 10 posts from 2024.

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Objective: Prevalences and frequencies of cannabis use are increasing in the United States, particularly among those with pastyear major depressive episodes (MDE) or serious psychological distress (SPD). Relationships between comorbid MDE and SPD and past-year cannabis use, daily cannabis use, and cannabis use disorder (CUD) are unexplored. Here, we compare trends (2005–2019) of cannabis use among U.S. adults with monomorbid, comorbid, or neither MDE nor SPD. Method: We aggregated 2005 to 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data (unweighted n = 590,229). Using sociodemographic-adjusted logistic regressions, we estimated and compared the trends of past-year cannabis use, daily cannabis use, and CUD among U.S. adults with MDE, SPD, comorbid MDE and SPD, and neither MDE nor SPD. All results are nationally representative. Results: Individuals with MDE only, SPD only, and comorbid MDE and SPD had higher prevalences of past-year cannabis use, daily cannabis use, and CUD compared to those without MDE or SPD. Average yearly trends of past-year cannabis use increased universally but rose faster among those with MDE and/or SPD than among those without MDE or SPD. Those with comorbid MDE and SPD had the greatest increase in prevalence of daily cannabis use (327.7% from 2005 to 2019). We found no trends in CUD prevalence across all groups. Conclusions: Daily cannabis use has risen most rapidly among those with comorbid MDE and SPD, a population with potentially more complex and severe mental health symptomology. Public health efforts may need to address daily cannabis use among individuals with mental health conditions to reduce disparities. Public health significance statement: This study indicates that daily cannabis use is increasing at a disproportionate rate among those with comorbid mental health concerns. Public health professionals may use these findings to inform targeted prevention efforts and to motivate public information campaigns seeking to reduce the risk of adverse cannabis use outcomes, particularly those affecting mental health.

Origin, an AI-native platform focused onmanaging global employee benefits, has raised $30 million in a Series A+funding round, bringing its total funding to over $50 million within the pastyear. The r...

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