ArticleJournal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England)2020
Evaluating the co-use of opioids and cannabis for pain among current users using hypothetical purchase tasks.
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- The Blinded-Dose Purchase Task: assessing hypothetical demand based on cocaine, methamphetamine, and alcohol administration.Psychopharmacology · 2023Trial
- Effects of visual exposure to natural (vs. Built) environments on delay discounting and demand for substances: Preliminary evidence and future directions.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Clinical pain intensity is associated with greater cannabis demand among people who regularly use cannabis.Pain reports · 2026Article
- Co-use of opioids and cannabis versus single-substance use: a national analysis of US adults.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Human laboratory models of reward in substance use disorder.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2024Review
- Behavioral economic relationship between cannabis flower and concentrates: Evidence from simulated purchase tasks.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Behavioral economic relationship between cannabis and cigarettes: Evidence from hypothetical purchase tasks.The International journal on drug policy · 2023Article
- Cannabis Use Disorder: A Behavioral Economic Perspective.Current addiction reports · 2022Article
- Cannabis based medicines and cannabis dependence: A critical review of issues and evidence.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2021Review
- Demand curve analysis of marijuana use among persons living with HIV.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundCannabinoids may potentiate opioid analgesia and therefore could be used to reduce reliance on opioids for analgesia.
aimsThe current study evaluated whether the concurrent availability of cannabis influences opioid consumption using a behavioral economic demand framework.
methodsAn online survey assessed cannabis and opioid use frequency and dependence measures, pain severity, and demand for both cannabis and opioids alone and when concurrently available using hypothetical purchase tasks. Adults reporting current use of opioids for pain management and past 30-day cannabis exposure (
resultsDemand intensity was significantly reduced and demand elasticity was significantly increased for both cannabis and opioids when the alternate commodity was available, although the reductions in cannabis consumption were more pronounced than they were for opioid consumption in the presence of the alternate commodity.
conclusionsThese data provide behavioral economic evidence that cannabis access may modestly reduce demand for opioids in persons who have pain. Additional clinical studies that evaluate the analgesic effects of cannabis and cannabis-opioid effects on pain are warranted.
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