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Cannabis use and cannabis use disorder

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2021
Cannabis use disorder (CUD) is an underappreciated risk of using cannabis that affects ~10% of the 193 million cannabis users worldwide. The individual and public health burdens are less than those of other forms of drug use, but CUD accounts for a substantial proportion of persons seeking treatment for drug use disorders owing to the high global ...
Jason P. Connor, Daniel Stjepanović, Bernard Le Foll, Bernard Le Foll, Eva Hoch, Alan J. Budney, Wayne Hall   +6 more
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Cannabis prices and dynamics of cannabis use [PDF]

Journal of Health Economics, 2005
This paper uses duration models and self-reported cannabis histories from young Australians to study the dynamics of cannabis use. We find that low cannabis prices are associated with early initiation into cannabis use. While the decision to quit does not appear to be directly influenced by price, we find that the younger an individual is when they ...
Jan C. van Ours, Jenny Williams
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Cannabis use and support for cannabis legalization [PDF]

Empirical Economics, 2014
We investigate the determinants of the support for cannabis legalization finding a causal effect of personal experience with cannabis use. Current and past cannabis users are more in favor of legalization. We relate this finding to self-interest and inside information about potential dangers of cannabis.
Palali, Ali, van Ours, Jan C
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Event-Specific Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Motives [PDF]

Substance Use & Misuse, 2017
Specific events such as Mardi Gras (MG) and St. Patrick's Day (SPD) have been identified as high-risk events for cannabis use. Further, some campuses may have traditions that are associated with more event-specific cannabis use.Campus A has specific traditions regarding MG whereas Campus B has specific traditions regarding SPD and these campuses are ...
Julia D. Buckner, Katherine A. Walukevich, Amber M. Henslee   +2 more
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Cannabis use patterns at the dawn of US cannabis reform [PDF]

Journal of Cannabis Research, 2019
In the United States (US), three in 10 cannabis users develop cannabis use disorder (CUD). Usage patterns in line with CUD may be associated with socio-economic disadvantage, and other negative effects. Thus, research on CUD is paramount. To provide understanding around CUD, it is necessary to detail granular cannabis usage preferences, as some risk ...
Kumar, N, Puljević, C, Ferris, J, Winstock, A, Barratt, MJ   +4 more
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Cannabis Decriminalization and the Age of Onset of Cannabis Use [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015
In the Czech Republic in 2010 a law was introduced decriminalizing personal possession of small quantities of several illicit drugs, including cannabis.We use 2012 survey data to examine the effect of a change in cannabis policy on the age of onset of cannabis use. We estimate the effect of the policy change using a mixed proportional hazards framework
Jakub Červený, Pavla Chomynová, Viktor Mravčík, Jan C. van Ours   +3 more
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Therapeutic use of cannabis in the US

The Nurse Practitioner, 2022
Abstract: NPs are likely to encounter patients using cannabis with therapeutic intent, with or without legal authorization. During the clinical history and assessment process, NPs need to engage in frank discussion about cannabis therapeutics, including the risks and benefits, evidence for use, dosing considerations, potential drug ...
Klein, Tracy A., Clark, Carey S.
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Relationships of cannabis policy liberalization with alcohol use and co-use with cannabis: a narrative review.

, 2022
PURPOSE: The liberalization of cannabis policies has the potential to affect the use of other substances and the harms from using them, particularly alcohol.
Pessar, Seema Choksy, Blanchette, Jason G, Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo, Smart, Rosanna, Lira, Marlene C, Naimi, Timothy S   +5 more
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Cannabis use and mania symptoms : a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Whilst cannabis use appears to be a causal risk factor for the development of schizophrenia-related psychosis, associations with mania remain relatively unknown.
Marwaha, Steven, Singh, SP, Marwaha, S, Gilbert, E, Broome, Matthew, Singh, Swaran P, Broome, M, Gilbert, Eleanor, Singh, Swaran P., Broome, Matthew R., Gibbs, Melanie, Marwaha, Steven; id_orcid, Winsper, Catherine, Gibbs, M, Winsper, C   +14 more
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Associations between cigarette smoking and cannabis dependence: a longitudinal study of young cannabis users in the United Kingdom. [PDF]

, 2015
To determine the degree to which cigarette smoking predicts levels of cannabis dependence above and beyond cannabis use itself, concurrently and in an exploratory four-year follow-up, and to investigate whether cigarette smoking mediates the relationship
Gale, G, Hindocha, Chandni, Das, Ravi K., Schafer, G, Morgan, Celia J A, Falconer, CJ, Freeman, Tom P., Falconer, Caroline J., Curran, H. Valerie, Curran, H Valerie, Morgan, CJ, Morgan, Celia J.A., Das, Ravi K, Shaban, Natacha D C, Hindocha, C, Gale, Grace, Das, RK, Curran, HV, Shaban, ND, Freeman, Tom P; id_orcid, Falconer, Caroline J, Schafer, Grainne, Shaban, Natacha D.C., Freeman, TP   +23 more
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