ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2017
The association between regular marijuana use and adult mental health outcomes.
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- Cannabis Use and Prospective Long-Term Association with Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies: Usage du cannabis et association prospective à long terme avec l'anxiété: une revue systématique et une méta-analyse d'études longitudinales.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2021Pooled it
- Cannabis and Cannabinoids in Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Impact on Illness Onset and Course, and Assessment of Therapeutic Potential.The American journal on addictions · 2020Pooled it
- Cannabis use during alcohol treatment is associated with alcohol-related problems one-year post-treatment.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Trial
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- Developmental Trajectories of Positive Expectancies of Cannabis Use Effects Among Early Adolescents: Longitudinal Observational Study Using Latent Class Growth Analysis.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Observational
- Depressive Symptoms Predict Cannabis Initiation Among Mexican American Young Adults.Substance use & misuse · 2026Article
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- Effects of Marijuana Use in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Free Flap Breast Reconstruction.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Longitudinal patterns of polysubstance use throughout adolescence: association with adult substance use and psychosocial outcomes controlling for preadolescent risk factors in a male cohort.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2023Article
- Regular Cannabis Use During the First Year of the Pandemic: Studying Trajectories Rather Than Prevalence.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Effects of Cannabis Legalization on Adolescent Cannabis Use Across 3 Studies.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- The CannTeen Study: Cannabis use disorder, depression, anxiety, and psychotic-like symptoms in adolescent and adult cannabis users and age-matched controls.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- Subjective Cognitive Complaints: Predictors and Health Outcomes in People Living with HIV.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Adult Psychiatric, Substance, and Functional Outcomes of Different Definitions of Early Cannabis Use.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2022Article
- Shifting the Paradigm on Cannabis Safety.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2022Article
- Associations of Cannabis Use across Adolescence and Early Adulthood With Health and Psychosocial Adjustment in Early Adulthood and Midadulthood in Men.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2022Article
- Variations of cannabis-related adverse mental health and addiction outcomes across adolescence and adulthood: A scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Cannabis-Related Perceptions as Mediators of the Association Between Trait Impulsivity and Cannabis Outcomes.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2021Article
- Longitudinal Consequences of Adolescent Alcohol Use Under Different Policy Contexts in Australia and the United States.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe present study is a prospective examination of the relationship between regular marijuana use from adolescence through young adulthood and mental health outcomes at age 33.
methodsData came from a gender-balanced, ethnically diverse longitudinal panel of 808 participants from Seattle, Washington. Outcomes included symptom counts for six mental health disorders. Regular marijuana use was tracked during adolescence and young adulthood. Regression analyses controlled for demographics and early environment, behaviors, and individual risk factors.
resultsNonusers of marijuana reported fewer symptoms of alcohol use disorder, nicotine dependence, and generalized anxiety disorder than any category of marijuana users. More persistent regular marijuana use in young adulthood was positively related to more symptoms of cannabis use disorder, alcohol use disorder, and nicotine dependence at age 33.
conclusionsFindings highlight the importance of avoiding regular marijuana use, especially chronic use in young adulthood. Comprehensive prevention and intervention efforts focusing on marijuana and other substance use might be particularly important in the context of recent legalization of recreational marijuana use in Washington and other U.S. states.
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