Cannabis use and cannabis use disorder

JP Connor, D Stjepanović, B Le Foll, E Hoch… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Cannabis use disorder (CUD) is an underappreciated risk of using cannabis that affects~
10% of the 193 million cannabis users worldwide. The individual and public health burdens …

[HTML][HTML] Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG) for reducing health harms from non-medical cannabis use: A comprehensive evidence and recommendations …

B Fischer, T Robinson, C Bullen, V Curran… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Cannabis use is common, especially among young people, and is associated
with risks for various health harms. Some jurisdictions have recently moved to …

Global patterns of opioid use and dependence: harms to populations, interventions, and future action

L Degenhardt, J Grebely, J Stone, M Hickman… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
We summarise the evidence for medicinal uses of opioids, harms related to the extramedical
use of, and dependence on, these drugs, and a wide range of interventions used to address …

Association between non-medical cannabis legalization and emergency department visits for cannabis-induced psychosis

DT Myran, M Pugliese, RL Roberts, M Solmi… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
A major public health concern of cannabis legalization is that it may result in an increase in
psychotic disorders. We examined changes in emergency department (ED) visits for …

The implementation and public health impacts of cannabis legalization in Canada: a systematic review

W Hall, D Stjepanović, D Dawson, J Leung - Addiction, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aims We provide a narrative summary of research on changes in cannabis arrests, cannabis
products and prices, cannabis use and cannabis‐related harm since legalization. Methods …

Prevalence and self-reported reasons of cannabis use for medical purposes in USA and Canada

J Leung, G Chan, D Stjepanović, JYC Chung… - …, 2022 - Springer
Rationale There has been increasing attention on cannabis use for medical purposes, but
there is currently a lack of data on its epidemiology. Objectives To examine the …

Cannabis use disorder and subsequent risk of psychotic and nonpsychotic unipolar depression and bipolar disorder

OH Jefsen, A Erlangsen, M Nordentoft… - JAMA psychiatry, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cannabis use is increasing worldwide and is suspected to be associated with
increased risk of psychiatric disorders; however, the association with affective disorders has …

Development over time of the population-attributable risk fraction for cannabis use disorder in schizophrenia in Denmark

C Hjorthøj, CM Posselt, M Nordentoft - JAMA psychiatry, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cannabis use and potency of cannabis have increased during the past 2
decades. If the association between cannabis use and schizophrenia is causal, this should …

Adolescent cannabis use, cognition, brain health and educational outcomes: a review of the evidence

V Lorenzetti, E Hoch, W Hall - European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
We review the findings of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of case-control studies that
examine brain functioning and cognitive correlates of adolescent cannabis use using …

Cannabis: a toxin-producing plant with potential therapeutic uses

Z Breijyeh, B Jubeh, SA Bufo, R Karaman, L Scrano - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
For thousands of years, Cannabis sativa has been utilized as a medicine and for
recreational and spiritual purposes. Phytocannabinoids are a family of compounds that are …