Does cannabis use encourage other forms of illicit drug use?

DM Fergusson, LJ Horwood - Addiction, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Aims. To examine the relationship between cannabis use in adolescence and the onset of
other illicit drug use. Method. Data were gathered over the course of a 21‐year longitudinal …

Onset of opportunity to use cannabis and progression from opportunity to dependence: Are influences consistent across transitions?

LA Hines, KI Morley, J Strang, A Agrawal… - Drug and alcohol …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background There is a developing body of research looking at cannabis use opportunity, but
little research examining timing of opportunity to use cannabis. Aims Identify factors …

Mental health differences between frequent cannabis users with and without dependence and the general population

P van der Pol, N Liebregts, R de Graaf, M Ten Have… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To compare the prevalence of mental disorders between frequent cannabis users with
and without dependence and the general population. Design Cross‐sectional comparison of …

Direct and indirect effects of cannabis risk perceptions on cannabis use frequency

AR Florimbio, MA Walton, ER Duval… - Addiction Research & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background Perceived risk of harm associated with cannabis use has decreased in recent
decades, particularly among emerging adults who show the highest prevalence of use …

[HTML][HTML] Overlapping patterns of recreational and medical cannabis use in a large community sample of cannabis users

J Turna, I Balodis, C Munn, M Van Ameringen… - Comprehensive …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Regulatory changes are increasing access to both medical cannabis and
cannabis in general. As such, understanding patterns of recreational and medical cannabis …

Correlates of patterns of cannabis use, abuse and dependence: evidence from two national surveys in Ireland

SR Millar, D Mongan, C O'Dwyer, J Long… - European journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Knowledge of factors relating to patterns of cannabis use is important for
informing drug policy. This study determined factors associated with recent and current …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and correlates of treatment utilization among adults with cannabis use disorder in the United States

LT Wu, H Zhu, P Mannelli, MS Swartz - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The increase in cannabis potency may have treatment implications for cannabis
use disorder (CUD). Given the reported increase in prevalence of cannabis use among …

Substituting cannabis for prescription drugs, alcohol and other substances among medical cannabis patients: The impact of contextual factors

P Lucas, Z Walsh, K Crosby, R Callaway… - Drug and alcohol …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction and Aims Recent years have witnessed increased attention to how
cannabis use impacts the use of other psychoactive substances. The present study …

Cannabis use patterns at the dawn of US cannabis reform

N Kumar, C Puljević, J Ferris, A Winstock… - Journal of cannabis …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract 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 …

Different Tokes for Different Folks: Use of Cannabis Products Among a Longitudinal Cohort of People with Heroin Dependence

J Wilson, KL Mills, M Sunderland, TP Freeman… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Co-occurring cannabis use is common among those with opioid use disorder (OUD), but the
extent to which it is harmful may be due to its preparation and concentration of various …