Changes in health harms due to cannabis following legalisation of non‐medical cannabis in Canada in context of cannabis commercialisation: a scoping review

DT Myran, S Imtiaz, L Konikoff, L Douglas… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Issue On 17 October 2018, Canada legalised non‐medical cannabis. Critically, the
cannabis market in Canada has changed considerably since legalisation. In this scoping …

The association between recreational cannabis legalization, commercialization and cannabis‐attributable emergency department visits in Ontario, Canada: an …

DT Myran, M Pugliese, P Tanuseputro, N Cantor… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Recreational cannabis was legalized in Canada in October 2018.
Initially, the Government of Ontario (Canada's largest province) placed strict limits on the …

A century of cannabis control in Canada: a brief overview of history, context and policy frameworks from prohibition to legalization

B Fischer, C Russell, N Boyd - Legalizing Cannabis, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Canada, a jurisdiction with comparatively high cannabis use rates, became the first G7
country to legalize non-medical cannabis use and supply in 2018. While calls for reform to …

A critique of cannabis legalization proposals in Canada

H Kalant - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
An editorial in this issue describes a cannabis policy framework document issued by a major
Canadian research centre, calling for legalization of non-medical use under strict controls to …

Prevalence of problematic cannabis use in Canada: Cross-sectional findings from the 2013 Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey

C Leos-Toro, V Rynard, D Hammond - Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2017 - Springer
OBJECTIVES: Cannabis is the most widely used illicit substance in Canada. There exist a
variety of tools to measure problematic characteristics of cannabis use; however, there is no …

Is the medical use of cannabis a therapeutic option for children?

MJ Rieder, Canadian Paediatric Society… - Paediatrics & Child …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Cannabis is a psychoactive compound with a long history of recreational and therapeutic
use. Current considerations regarding cannabis use for medical purposes in children have …

Cannabis legalization: progress in harm reduction approaches for substance use and misuse

B Adinoff, ZD Cooper - The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The use of psychoactive substances, including cannabis, has accompanied the
development of civilization (1).(In the context of this paper,“psychoactive substances” refers …

Mental health problems, substance use, and perceived risk as pathways to current cannabis use among high school seniors in the United States

G Lee, DL Hicks, S Kedia, S Regmi, X Mou - Children and Youth Services …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Cannabis use among adolescents is prevalent in the US Few studies have
investigated the ties between adolescents' perceived risk of cannabis use, other substance …

Association between markers of vulnerability for cannabis-related harms and source of supply: Secondary analysis of a representative population survey

S Drouin, É Rizkallah, F Conus… - The Canadian …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective In 2018, the sale of non-medical cannabis was authorized in the province of
Quebec in Canada, within a public monopoly under the Société Québécoise du Cannabis …

A common public health-oriented policy framework for cannabis, alcohol and tobacco in Canada?

M Kirst, K Kolar, M Chaiton, R Schwartz… - Canadian Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Support for a public health approach to cannabis policy as an alternative to prohibition and
criminalization is gaining momentum. Recent drug policy changes in the United States …