The association between cannabis use and risk of non-medical pain reliever misuse onset among young adults in a legal cannabis context

IC Rhew, VT Le, JJ Ramirez, CB Fleming, JR Kilmer… - Addictive Behaviors, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Little is known about the prospective relationship between cannabis use and
pain reliever misuse. This study examined associations of non-medical and medical …

Trends in alcohol, cigarette, e-cigarette, and nonprescribed pain reliever use among young adults in Washington State after legalization of nonmedical cannabis

CB Fleming, JJ Ramirez, IC Rhew, BA Hultgren… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Liberalization of cannabis laws may be accompanied by changes in the use of
substances other than cannabis and changes in associations of cannabis use with other …

US adults with pain, a group increasingly vulnerable to nonmedical cannabis use and cannabis use disorder: 2001–2002 and 2012–2013

DS Hasin, D Shmulewitz, M Cerdá… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Given changes in US marijuana laws, attitudes, and use patterns, individuals with
pain may be an emerging group at risk for nonmedical cannabis use and cannabis use …

[HTML][HTML] Concomitant cannabis misuse and associations with depression, pain and substance misuse among patients prescribed opioids

MA Bryan, E Charron, O Adeoye-Olatunde, J Brown… - Pharmacy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Cannabis use is common among individuals with pain who are prescribed
opioids, occurring in approximately 10% of this population. This study aims to explore the …

First-year trajectories of medical cannabis use among adults taking opioids for chronic pain: an observational cohort study

J Ross, DE Slawek, C Zhang, JL Starrels… - Pain …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective To describe first-year trajectories of medical cannabis use and identify
characteristics associated with patterns of use in a cohort of adults using opioids for chronic …

[HTML][HTML] Offering an alternative to persons with chronic pain: How access to Cannabis may provide an off-ramp from undesired prescription opioid use

J Bobitt, H Kang, K Arora, D Bhagianadh, G Milavetz… - Cannabis, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Chronic pain (CP) is experienced by as many as 50 million Americans and can
negatively impact physical and mental health. Prescribing opioids is the most common …

Nonmedical prescription pain reliever and alcohol consumption among cannabis users

SP Novak, NC Peiper, GA Zarkin - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2016 - Elsevier
Background This study examined poly-drug use involving the use of cannabis with
nonmedical prescription pain reliever use (NMPR) and alcohol use. Methods Computer …

Risk and benefit of cannabis prescription for chronic non-cancer pain

O Zloczower, S Brill, Y Zeitak… - Journal of addictive …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives We investigated whether cannabis usage was associated with reduced opioid
usage, and the rates of opioid and cannabis use disorders among chronic pain patients who …

Chronic Pain and Cannabis Use Frequency, Intensity, and Severity in Young Adults

J Hayaki, AM Abrantes, B Anderson… - Substance Use & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background Cannabis use is common among young adults and is associated with many
physical and mental health problems. Persons with chronic pain may be particularly …

[HTML][HTML] Frequency of cannabis and illicit opioid use among people who use drugs and report chronic pain: a longitudinal analysis

S Lake, Z Walsh, T Kerr, ZD Cooper, J Buxton… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Ecological research suggests that increased access to cannabis may facilitate
reductions in opioid use and harms, and medical cannabis patients describe the substitution …