[HTML][HTML] A clinical framework for assessing cannabis-related impairment risk

CA MacCallum, LA Lo, CA Pistawka… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Clinicians play an important role in promoting safe and responsible medical cannabis use.
One essential component to safe use is considering a patient's risk of neurocognitive …

Duration of neurocognitive impairment with medical cannabis use: A scoping review

L Eadie, LA Lo, A Christiansen, JR Brubacher… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
While the recreational use of cannabis has well-established dose-dependent effects on
neurocognitive and psychomotor functioning, there is little consensus on the degree and …

Cannabis use among mental health professionals: a qualitative study of cannabis-related risk perceptions

A Ghelani - Journal of Drug Issues, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Perceptions of cannabis-related risk are changing, and many are viewing
cannabis as harmless despite the biopsychosocial risks. Perceptions of risk have an impact …

Recommendations for reducing the risk of cannabis use-related adverse psychosis outcomes: a public mental health-oriented evidence review

B Fischer, W Hall, TM Fidalgo, E Hoch… - Journal of dual …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Cannabis use is increasingly normalized; psychosis is a major adverse health
outcome. We reviewed evidence on cannabis use-related risk factors for psychosis …

[HTML][HTML] The behavioral sequelae of cannabis use in healthy people: a systematic review

M Sorkhou, RH Bedder, TP George - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Cannabis is known to have a broad range of effects on behavior, including
experiencing a “high” and tranquility/relaxation. However, there are several adverse …

[HTML][HTML] Mental health adverse events with cannabis use diagnosed in the Emergency Department: what are we finding now and are our findings accurate?

CE Crocker, J Emsley, PG Tibbo - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
We have previously reviewed the types and numbers of cannabis-associated adverse
events that have mental health presentations that are encountered in the Emergency …

[HTML][HTML] “Is medical cannabis safe for my patients?” A practical review of cannabis safety considerations

CA MacCallum, LA Lo, M Boivin - European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Medical cannabis use is increasing worldwide. Clinicians are commonly asked by patients
to provide guidance on its safety and efficacy. Although there has been an increase in …

Incidence and predictors of cannabis-related poisoning and mental and behavioral disorders among patients with medical cannabis authorization: a cohort study

A Zongo, C Lee, JRB Dyck, J El-Mourad… - Substance Use & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective As medical cannabis use increases in North America, establishing its safety profile
is a priority. The objective of this study was to assess rates of emergency department (ED) …

Cannabis use assessment and documentation in healthcare: priorities for closing the gap

R Sajdeya, AJ Goodin, PJ Tighe - Preventive Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Several factors, including the lack of a systematic cannabis use assessment within
healthcare systems, have led to significant under-documentation of cannabis use and its …

Rethinking indicators of problematic cannabis use in the era of medical cannabis legalization

SR Sznitman, R Room - Addictive behaviors, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Recent rapid changes in medical cannabis policies and increases in medical
use of cannabis have raised new research questions related to potential effects of medical …