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Marijuana: Use Among Young Males and Health Outcomes

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Men's Health, 2009
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug by adolescents and young adults, with more males than females reporting marijuana use. The adolescent and young adult years represent a critical period for interventions to prevent marijuana use and abuse.
Melissa Pujazon-Zazik MD, MPH   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Marijuana use and health behaviors in a US clinic sample of patients with sickle cell disease.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
IntroductionAs marijuana use becomes more common, it is essential clinicians understand the relationship between marijuana use and health behaviors.MethodsUsing a retrospective cohort of adolescents and adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) stratified ...
J Deanna Wilson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use in daily life: Implications for level of use, subjective intoxication, and positive and negative consequences.

open access: yesPsychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2020
Simultaneous alcohol and marijuana (SAM) use is prevalent among young adult drinkers and associated with increased risk for harms. Less understood about SAM use is whether increased risk is incurred on SAM use occasions relative to occasions in which ...
A. Linden-Carmichael   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Marijuana use and repeated attempted suicide among senior high school students in Ghana: Evidence from the WHO Global School-Based Student Health Survey, 2012

open access: yesGeneral Psychiatry, 2020
Background The association between substance use including marijuana use and attempted suicide has been well documented. However, little is known about marijuana use and its association with attempted suicide repetition among young people in low-income ...
Nuworza Kugbey   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is marijuana use associated with decreased use of prescription opioids? Toxicological findings from two US national samples of drivers

open access: yesSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2020
Background State governments in the United States are increasingly viewing marijuana legalization as a policy option for controlling the opioid epidemic under the premise that marijuana is a less harmful substitute for opioids.
Guohua Li, Stanford Chihuri
doaj   +1 more source

Tobacco and marijuana use during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown among American Indians residing in California and Oklahoma

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2023
Introduction American Indian (AI) people experience a disproportionate tobacco and marijuana burden which may have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Little is known about the tobacco and marijuana habits of American Indian individuals during the
Julie H. T. Dang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Marijuana use/cessation expectancies and marijuana use in college students [PDF]

open access: yesThe American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2015
Research suggests that marijuana expectancies are associated with problematic marijuana use; however, these marijuana-related cognitions remain relatively understudied.This study examined marijuana-related decision-making among college students by exploring the relationships among marijuana expectancies and marijuana use variables.College students (N =
Brackenbury, Lauren M   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Recreational marijuana use impacts white matter integrity and subcortical (but not cortical) morphometry

open access: yesNeuroImage: Clinical, 2016
A recent shift in legal and social attitudes toward marijuana use has also spawned a surge of interest in understanding the effects of marijuana use on the brain. There is considerable evidence that an adolescent onset of marijuana use negatively impacts
Joseph M. Orr   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medical, Recreational, and Mixed Marijuana Users: An Examination of Physical and Mental Health Correlates

open access: yesJournal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2020
Marijuana use in the U.S. doubled between 2001 and 2013, largely due to increases in legalization laws. Little attention, however, is given to the type of marijuana user (e.g., recreational or medical), particularly with health outcomes.
Zachary D. Giano   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Marijuana use: neuroscience perspective [PDF]

open access: yesCroatian Medical Journal, 2014
The human behavioral repertoire includes activities that influence mood and cognition such as listening to music, watching movies, conversation, and dining, behaviors considered within the normal spectrum; however, when we choose activities that predictably and reliably alter our mood and cognition by exposing our central nervous system to exogenous ...
openaire   +2 more sources

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