Engaging Youth (Adolescents and Young Adults) to Change Frequent Marijuana Use: Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) in Primary Care.

The supplied text reports no randomization details, comparison group outcomes, or primary outcome result, so it cannot be read as evidence that the intervention worked. It used a convenience sample from clinics at one urban children's hospital in the northeastern United States, so findings may not apply to rural or other settings. 56 participants returned for session 1 and 46 returned for session 2, so the session content results may not represent all 70 enrolled. Cannabis use was self-reported and not validated by drug testing because of cost. The authors acknowledge possible social desirability bias in adolescent and young adult self-report. The study did not examine whether session content, such as pros, cons, or stage of change, predicted later reduction or cessation. The smartphone self-monitoring and messaging component of MOMENT is not described with results, so its contribution cannot be separated from the MET sessions.

No funding source or author conflict of interest declaration is reported in the supplied text. The paper states that a Certificate of Confidentiality was obtained from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and that participants received gift cards up to $175.

Do not conclude that motivational enhancement therapy reduced cannabis use. The MOMENT intervention also included smartphone self-monitoring and messaging, and the supplied text does not report a randomized comparison or a primary outcome result. The authors also did not examine whether session content predicted later reduction or cessation.