ArticleAddiction (Abingdon, England)2021
For better or for worse? A pre-post exploration of the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on cannabis users.
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- Have COVID-19 Stimulus Packages Mitigated the Negative Health Impacts of Pandemic-Related Job Losses? A Systematic Review of Global Evidence from the First Year of the Pandemic.International journal of social determinants of health and health services · 2023Pooled it
- The global evolution of mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Pooled it
- The Acute Impact of the Early Stages of COVID-19 Pandemic in People with Pre-Existing Psychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Association between cannabis use and result of COVID-19 testing among scholarised adolescents in Andalusia: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Longitudinal study of risk factors predicting cannabis use disorder in UK young adults and adolescents.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- Cannabis Use and Misuse Following Recreational Cannabis Legalization.JAMA network open · 2025Article
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- Using prospective mixed methods to investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cannabis demand.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2025Article
- Abstinence duration and psychopathology among addiction outpatients during 18 months of COVID-19.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Consumption patterns before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among patients admitted to inpatient drug detoxification treatment: Results of two cross-sectional surveys from 2018 and 2021.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Changes in self-reported cannabis use during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Substances of abuse and their effect on SAR-CoV-2 pathogenesis.NeuroImmune pharmacology and therapeutics · 2023Review
- COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Attitudes Within Two Cohorts of Younger Adult Cannabis Users.Journal of drug issues · 2023Article
- Spreading positive change: Societal benefits of meditation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- Perceived Risks and Therapeutic Benefits of Cannabis Among College Students Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2023Article
- Person-centered patterns of substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic and their associations with COVID-related impacts on health and personal finances in young Black and White women.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- A Scoping Review on the Medical and Recreational Use of Cannabis During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2022Article
- Healthcare practitioner perceptions on barriers impacting cannabis prescribing practices.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2022Article
- Changes in the clustering of health-related behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: examining predictors using latent transition analysis.BMC public health · 2022Article
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BACKGROUND AND
aimsLockdown measures aimed at limiting the number of infections and deaths from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have introduced substantial psychosocial stressors in everyday life. We aimed to investigate the influence of the Dutch lockdown on cannabis use and cannabis use disorder (CUD) and investigate relations with change in mental wellbeing and experienced psychosocial stressors during the lockdown.
designExplorative longitudinal baseline-, pre- and during lockdown survey study.
settingThe Netherlands, on-line between January 2019 and May 2020.
participantsCommunity sample of 120 monthly to daily cannabis users and reference group of 63 non-using controls. MEASUREMENTS: Change in cannabis use and CUD symptom severity from baseline to pre- to post-lockdown. Change in cannabis use motives, mental health, quality of social relationships and job status from pre- to post-lockdown.
findingsIn cannabis users, lockdown related to increased cannabis use [B = 1.96, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.26-3.66, P = 0.024], but not CUD symptom severity. Cannabis users experienced 30% job loss and increased loneliness [P < 0.001, Bayes factor (BF)
conclusionsWhile cannabis use among daily cannabis users in the Netherlands increased at the group level during the period of COVID-19 lockdown, the effect of the first months of lockdown on cannabis use disorder severity and mental wellbeing varied significantly among individual daily cannabis users.
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