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Distance to Cannabis-Shops and Age of Onset of Cannabis Use [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
In the Netherlands, cannabis use is quasi-legalized. Small quantities of cannabis can be bought in cannabis shops. We investigate how the distance to the nearest cannabis shop affects the age of onset of cannabis use. We use a mixed proportional hazard rate framework to take account of observable as well as unobservable characteristics that influence ...
Palali, A., van Ours, J.C.
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Acute toxicity of ADB‐CHMINACA ‐ a case series of patients with pronounced central nervous symptoms including the posterior reversible encephalopathic syndrome

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim This report presents a series of 16 patients who were admitted to the emergency department following confirmed intake of the potent synthetic cannabinoid ADB‐CHMINACA. Methods The cases are drawn from a prospective observational study following the recreational use of synthetic cannabinoids.
Maren Hermanns‐Clausen, Michaela Sommer, Annette Zschiesche, Verena Angerer, Martin Scheu, Florian Eyer, Johannes Nadler, Volker Auwärter   +7 more
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Prevalence and correlates of non-daily and daily cannabis use among persons 15 years and older in South Africa: results of a national survey in 2017

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background The study aimed to assess the prevalence and correlates of non-daily and daily cannabis use among persons 15 years and older in South Africa.
Shandir Ramlagan, Karl Peltzer, Supa Pengpid   +2 more
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Shifts in medical cannabis use in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2023
IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has had widespread secondary negative health impacts including loss of material security and exacerbation of mental illness in at-risk populations.
Stephanie Lake, Ziva D. Cooper, Kaye Ong, Philippe Lucas   +3 more
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Exploring new avenues: Psychedelic‐assisted therapy for young people

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Rates of mental illness in young people are increasing, whereas the development of novel mental health treatments has not significantly progressed. Psychedelic‐assisted therapy, using substances such as psilocybin and 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), has shown potential in the treatment of mental illnesses in the adult population, including ...
Ioanna Artemis Vamvakopoulou, Dasha Nicholls, David J. Nutt, Martina Di Simplicio   +3 more
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Prevalence of cannabis use disorder among pregnant people who test positive for cannabis at time of deliveryAJOG Global Reports at a Glance

AJOG Global Reports, 2022
BACKGROUND: Cannabis use in pregnancy is common, but the reasons that some pregnant people continue use are unclear. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of cannabis use disorder and medicinal cannabis use among pregnant people who test ...
Cassie Wicken, MHS, Anant Walia, MS, Soroosh Solhjoo, PhD, Katrina Mark, MD, FACOG   +3 more
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Re-medicalizing cannabis : science, medicine and policy, 1973 to the early twenty-first century [PDF]

When cannabis-based medicine was withdrawn in the UK in 1973 it appeared cannabis' career as a medicine had ended, but even as cannabis became regulated solely as an illicit drug, it appeared it was being re-medicalized.
Taylor, Suzanne
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Reasons for Cannabis use in Psychosis [PDF]

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To examine the reasons for cannabis use among individuals with psychotic disorders. Method: Forty-nine people with psychotic disorders in treatment with community health centres in Northern Sydney were interviewed to collect information about their experience of antipsychotic side-effects and their influence on cannabis use.
David, Schofield, Chris, Tennant, Louise, Nash, Louisa, Degenhardt, Alison, Cornish, Coletta, Hobbs, Gail, Brennan   +6 more
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An ETH‐LAD trip with unfavourable consequences: A case report

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Numerous analogues of the psychedelic and internationally controlled hallucinogen LSD have been described; however, only a limited number have been systematically investigated. This report presents the first case with an analytically confirmed ingestion of ETH‐LAD (6‐ethyl‐6‐nor‐lysergic acid diethylamide), the N‐ethyl derivative of LSD.
Johannes Nadler, Michaela Sommer, Annette Zschiesche, Anne Stürzebecher, Christina Grumann, Volker Auwärter, Maren Hermanns‐Clausen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use of cannabis in pregnancy and as a new parent [PDF]

, 2010
The most common illicit drug used by women of reproductive age and by pregnant women is cannabis (DrugInfo, 2005). Although there are limited national data available on illicit substance use among parents in Australia, the 2007 National Drug Strategy ...
Centre for Community Child Health
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