作者
Tea Rosic, Nitika Sanger, Balpreet Panesar, Gary Foster, David C Marsh, Launette Rieb, Lehana Thabane, Andrew Worster, Zainab Samaan
发表日期
2021/12
期刊
Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy
卷号
16
页码范围
1-11
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
As the legalization of recreational cannabis becomes more widespread, its impact on individuals with substance use disorders must be studied. Amidst an ongoing opioid crisis, Canada’s legalization of recreational cannabis in October 2018 provides an important setting for investigation. We examined changes to cannabis use patterns in patients receiving medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) following legalization.
Methods
This study includes cross-sectional data from 602 participants recruited 6 months pre-legalization and 788 participants recruited 6 months post-legalization, providing information on cannabis use. Regression analysis was used to estimate the association between legalization and cannabis use patterns. We collected longitudinal urine drug screens (UDSs) detecting cannabis-metabolites …
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