ReviewCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique
Lower Risk Cannabis use Guidelines for Canada (LRCUG): a narrative review of evidence and recommendations.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Evidence for an increase in cannabis use in Iran - A systematic review and trend analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- CANreduce 2.0 Adherence-Focused Guidance for Internet Self-Help Among Cannabis Users: Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- A Web-Based Self-Help Intervention With and Without Chat Counseling to Reduce Cannabis Use in Problematic Cannabis Users: Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2015Trial
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- Effectiveness of a self-guided web-based cannabis treatment program: randomized controlled trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2013Trial
- 12-month follow-up of an exploratory 'brief intervention' for high-frequency cannabis users among Canadian university students.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2012Trial
- Adherence to Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines among Canadian college students: a regression analysis.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2026Article
- Identifying an initial set of core components for perinatal cannabis use harm reduction counseling: An application of the Consensus on Relevant Elements (CORE) process.Advances in drug and alcohol research · 2026Article
- Factors associated with lower-risk cannabis use in adults in their mid-thirties.Journal of cannabis research · 2025Article
- Reducing the harms of cannabis use in youth post-legalization: insights from Ontario youth, parents, and service providers.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Canadian cannabis education resources to support youth health literacy: A scoping review and environmental scan.Health education journal · 2023Article
- Prevalence, Perceptions, and Patterns of Cannabis Use Among Cardiac Inpatients at a Tertiary-Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Survey.CJC open · 2023Article
- Sex differences in Cannabis use disorder and associated psychosocial problems among US adults, 2012-2013.Preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Lower-risk substance use guidelines accessible by youth.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2023Article
- The World Mental Health International College Student Survey in Canada: Protocol for a Mental Health and Substance Use Trend Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Daily cannabis use during the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Canada: a repeated cross-sectional study from May 2020 to December 2020.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2022Article
- High-intensity cannabis use and hospitalization: a prospective cohort study of street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada.Harm reduction journal · 2021Article
- Cannabis Significantly Reduces the Use of Prescription Opioids and Improves Quality of Life in Authorized Patients: Results of a Large Prospective Study.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2021Article
- Cannabis and Driving.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
- The Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines' (LRCUG) recommendations: How are Canadian cannabis users complying?Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesMore than one in ten adults--and about one in three young adults--report past year cannabis use in Canada. While cannabis use is associated with a variety of health risks, current policy prohibits all use, rather than adopting a public health approach focusing on interventions to address specific risks and harms as do policies for alcohol. The objective of this paper was to develop 'Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines' (LRCUG) based on research evidence on the adverse health effects of cannabis and factors that appear to modify the risk of these harms.
methodsRelevant English-language peer-reviewed publications on health harms of cannabis use were reviewed and LRCUG were drafted by the authors on the basis of a consensus process. SYNTHESIS: The review suggested that health harms related to cannabis use increase with intensity of use although the risk curve is not well characterized. These harms are associated with a number of potentially modifiable factors related to: frequency of use; early onset of use; driving after using cannabis; methods and practices of use and substance potency; and characteristics of specific populations. LRCUG recommending ways to reduce risks related to cannabis use on an individual and population level--analogous to 'Low Risk Drinking Guidelines' for alcohol--are presented.
conclusionsGiven the prevalence and age distribution of cannabis use in Canada, a public health approach to cannabis use is overdue. LRCUG constitute a potentially valuable tool in facilitating a reduction of health harms from cannabis use on a population level.
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