ArticlePsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2016
Attempts to stop or reduce daily cannabis use: An intensive natural history study.
Article in Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01039415 (Attempts to Stop/Reduce Marijuana Among Dependent Users), which is not on this map. Cited by 28 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Attempts to Stop/Reduce Marijuana Among Dependent Users
Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Examining replicability in addictions research: How to assess and ways forward.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review of outcome domains and measures used in psychosocial and pharmacological treatment trials for cannabis use disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Pooled it
- Retention strategies in longitudinal cohort studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medical research methodology · 2018Pooled it
- Evaluating cannabis use risk reduction as an alternative clinical outcome for cannabis use disorder.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Trial
- Psychometric evaluation of the perceived barriers to cannabis reduction and cessation scale.Addictive behaviors · 2026Article
- Exercise-induced brain changes in cannabis use disorder: a longitudinal MRI study of a 12-week supervised HIIT program.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Crossed Pathways: Tobacco-Cannabis Co-Use and Motivation to Quit in Young Adults in France.Drug and alcohol review · 2026Article
- A mindfulness-based intervention to reduce altered brain reward function in cannabis use disorder: a double-blind, active and passive, randomised controlled fMRI trial.Psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Brain reward function in people with moderate-to-severe cannabis use disorder who tried to cut down or quit: an fMRI study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Genome-wide association studies of lifetime and frequency of cannabis use in 131,895 individuals.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- The Neurocircuitry of Cannabis Cue Reactivity in Cannabis Use Disorder: A Functional Neuroimaging Study.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2026Article
- Association of preconception cannabis use frequency with cannabis use during early pregnancy.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Observational
- What Are Tolerance Breaks and Why Do Young Adults Take Them? A Qualitative Investigation of Temporary Abstinence Breaks from Cannabis.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2025Article
- Review
- Differential disruption of response alternation by precipitated ΔPharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2024Article
- Profiles of cannabis users and impact on cannabis cessation.PloS one · 2024Article
- Open Label Pilot of Lorcaserin (a serotonin 2C-receptor agonist) for Cannabis Use Disorder.Journal of substance use · 2024Article
- Cannabis dispensary staff approaches to counseling on potential contraindications to cannabis use: insights from a national self-report survey.BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Cannabis Use in Physicians: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Non-abstinent treatment outcomes for cannabis use disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
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Abstract
We attempted to replicate and add to our prior study of attempts to stop or reduce cannabis use among daily cannabis users trying to change on their own, by observing a larger sample and adding further clinically relevant outcomes. Daily users (n = 193) who intended to stop or reduce sometime in the next 3 months called an Interactive Voice Response system each morning for 3 months to report on cannabis use, attempts to stop or reduce, withdrawal symptoms, and so forth, on the prior day. This study replicated our prior findings that (a) cannabis users trying to change make many, and often rapid, transitions among use as usual, reduction, and abstinence; (b) reduction attempts are more common than abstinence attempts; (c) quit and reduction attempts are short-lived and few participants achieve long-term abstinence; (d) alcohol and drug use are not greater on abstinence days; and (e) few users seek treatment. Novel findings included (f) a greater number of days of abstinence or intentional reduction predicted a greater decline in cannabis dependence, (g) most users do not prepare before their quit attempt, (h) coping outcomes during abstinence predict increased duration of abstinence, (i) tobacco use is less common on days of abstinence, and (j) withdrawal symptoms occur even with short quit attempts. Replication tests in more generalizable samples and of longer duration are indicated. Further natural history studies are likely to provide information to help improve the content of psychological treatments for cannabis use. (PsycINFO Database Record
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