Introduction to Cannabis Misuse

OBJECTIVE A behavioral economic approach to cannabis misuse emphasizes a crucial role of high drug demand (i.

The prevalence of cannabis misuse was reduced from 29 to 15% and alcohol misuse was reduced from 39 to 21% during follow-up.

Cannabis use is prevalent and concerns about cannabis misuse are increasing.

CONCLUSIONS Harsh parenting represents one mechanism for the intergenerational continuity of alcohol and cannabis misuse and should be regularly assessed for and addressed in juvenile justice settings.

Trauma cue exposure might promote cannabis misuse through conditioned craving as well as the desire to relieve negative affect.

Informed by behavior-change models of recovery and socialization and selection peer-influence models, the current study examined whether combining evidence-based psychosocial treatment with adjunctive pharmacotherapy helps youth decrease their affiliations with cannabis-using friends and increase their affiliations with non-using friends during cannabis misuse treatment.

Spradlin, Mauzay, and Cuttler (2017) report some of the most compelling data to date regarding the relationship between obsessive compulsive symptoms and cannabis misuse.

9% female) college students who reported consuming cannabis at least once in the past month and completed measures of insomnia, cannabis PBS, and cannabis misuse.

OBJECTIVE: Alcohol and cannabis misuse are related to impaired cognition.

Background and Aim: Alcohol and cannabis misuse have an impact on neurocognition.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The evolving legal status of cannabis world-wide necessitates evidence-based regulatory policies to minimize risks associated with cannabis misuse.

A large diverse sample of adults (N = 733) recruited via an online crowd-sourcing platform (Amazon Mechanical Turk) competed a validated marijuana purchase task assessing cannabis consumption across a range of prices and validated assessments of DACU, cannabis misuse, and demographics.

They had had at least one episode of clinically diagnosed psychosis (affective or non-affective); were aged 18 to 36; reported cannabis use in at least 12 out of the previous 24 weeks; and were not currently receiving treatment for cannabis misuse, or subject to a legal requirement for cannabis testing.

OBJECTIVE As cannabis has been legalized for medicinal and recreational use, rates of cannabis misuse and cannabis use disorder (CUD) have increased.

The association was significantly higher when comparing cannabis misuse (OR = 5.

Methods This descriptive qualitative study interviewed eight adolescents who were attending outpatient treatment services for cannabis misuse in Dublin, Ireland.