ArticlePreventive medicine2017
The potential impact of cannabis legalization on the development of cannabis use disorders.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Exploring cannabis consumption stigma in Canada with consideration of age and gender differences.Addictive behaviors reports · 2025Article
- Cannabis use among adolescents and young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2024Review
- Associations between cannabis policies and state-level specialty cannabis use disorder treatment in the United States, 2004-2019.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
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- Medical and Industrial Cannabis Legalization in Morocco and the Addictions Care Outlook of Youth: First Prospective Study from African Arabic Experience.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2022Article
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- Associations of mode of administration on cannabis consumption and subjective intoxication in daily life.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Article
- Assessing subjective cannabis effects in daily life with contemporary young adult language.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- The Link Between Cannabis Use and Violent Behavior in the Early Phase of Psychosis: The Potential Role of Impulsivity.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Acute objective and subjective intoxication effects of legal-market high potency THC-dominant versus CBD-dominant cannabis concentrates.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Relationships between age at first substance use and persistence of cannabis use and cannabis use disorder.BMC public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Specific provisions of legal cannabis legislation and regulation could influence cannabis initiation, frequency and quantity of use, and progression to cannabis use disorder. This brief essay highlights scientifically based principles and risk factors that underlie substance use and addiction that can be leveraged to inform policies that might mitigate the development and consequences of cannabis use disorder. Specifically, pharmacologic, access/availability, and environmental factors are discussed in relation to their influence on substance use disorders to illustrate how regulatory provisions can differentially affect these factors and risk for addiction. Relevant knowledge from research and experience with alcohol and tobacco regulation are also considered. Research designed to inform regulatory policy and to evaluate the impact of cannabis legislation on cannabis use and problems is progressing. However, definitive findings will come slowly, and more concerted efforts and resources are needed to expedite this process. In the meantime, policymakers should take advantage of the large body of scientific literature on substance use to foster empirically-guided, common sense approaches to cannabis policy that focus on prevention of addiction.
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