Exploring the relationship between health policy, public health and the law regarding the controversial use of cannabis, this study assesses the impact of illegality in drug use and compares it with the policies of the U.S., Europe and Australia as well as other developed societies. Current debates about "safe use" and "harm minimization" approaches are evaluated, as well as the experiences of differing prevention, treatment and education policies. Written by two leading drug advisors, the analysis contributes to an important field of research.

Author: Wayne Hall, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula
Paperback: 316 pages
Company: Cambridge University Press (2010-08-12)
ISBN: 052180468X
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This astonishing, witty and highly readable new book explores the links between cannabis and mental illness through the personal and professional experiences of New Zealand author Kate K.
The book combines valuable tools for recovery from dual diagnosis disorders with an insightful look at the socio-political context of our mental health system and societal attitudes towards drug and alcohol use.
The author questions the notion of cannabis as a ‘soft drug’, and challenges mental health providers to embrace the Te Whare Tapa Wha model of recovery to improve outcomes for people with co-existing addiction and mental health disorders.


Author: Kate K
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This study investigated the relations between anxious, depressive and borderline symptomatology, motivations for cannabis use, and cannabis use and dependence among 212 adolescents and young adults, 114 of whom were cannabis users. Motives for cannabis use were assessed using the Marijuana Motives Measure (Simons, J., Correia, C. J., Carey, K. B., & Borsari, B. E. (1998). Validating a Five-Factor Motives Measure: Relations with use, problems and alcohol motives. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 45, 265-273.). In three sets of regression analyses, motives, cannabis use frequency, and cannabis dependence served as criterion variables. First, when motives were regressed on psychopathological measures, borderline symptomatology predicted expansion motives in both boys and girls. Second, when frequency of use was regressed on motives and psychopathological measures, enhancement motives were the only significant predictor among boys and expansion motives were the only significant predictor among girls. Finally, when cannabis dependence was regressed on motives and psychopathological measures, borderline symptomatology was the only significant predictor in boys and expansion motives were the only significant predictor in girls. This study suggests the importance of motives and borderline symptomatology in the understanding of cannabis use and dependence among adolescents and young adults.

Author: H. Chabrol, E. Duconge, C. Casas, C. Roura, Carey
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1186 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cannabis Dependence: Its Nature, Consequences, and Treatment.(Book review)
Author: Manoj Sharma
Publication: Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 50 Issue: 3 Page: 85(4)

Article Type: Book review

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Author: Manoj Sharma
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Although cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug, duration of cannabis use is typically short, with many of those who initiate cannabis use ceasing use by their late twenties. In this paper we analyze data from a volunteer Australian cohort of 6265 male and female twins to examine whether the duration of cannabis use is an informative phenotype for future genetic analyses. Genetic modeling indicated: (a) moderate genetic influences on duration of cannabis use in both males (41%; 95% CI=31-51) and females (55%; 95% CI=46-63); (b) strong genetic influences on cannabis dependence in both males (72%, 95% CI=61-81) and females (62%, 95% CI=48-74); (c) no evidence of shared environmental influences on duration of cannabis use or on cannabis dependence in either males or females. Importantly, this model fitting indicated that a substantial component of genetic influences (r"g=.90, 95% CI=.77-.99 (males); .70, 95% CI=.57-.83 (females)) on duration of cannabis use was shared with those influencing liability to cannabis dependence. While there were high genetic correlations in both women and men, lifetime duration of cannabis may be uniquely informative in assessing components of liability to cannabis use.

Author: M.T. Lynskey, J.D. Grant, E.C. Nelson, K. Bucholz
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Company: Elsevier (2006-06-01)
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Cannabis dependence is controversial. What are the health and behavioral risks of becoming cannabis-dependent? What counseling approaches have been tested with adults and adolescents, and how effective are they? What are the arguments for legalization, regulation, or prohibition? Looking back and toward the future, what do we know and what do we need to learn? This state-of-the-science review sets out to answer all such questions, beginning with an historical examination and moving into diagnosis, classification, epidemiology, public health, policy, issues relating to regulation and prohibition, and evidence-based interventions.

Paperback: 404 pages
Company: Cambridge University Press (2010-01-07)
ISBN: 0521891361
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This digital document is an article from Clinical Psychiatry News, published by International Medical News Group on October 1, 2009. The length of the article is 745 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Gabapentin shows promise for cannabis dependence.(ADDICTION PSYCHIATRY)
Author: Damian McNamara
Publication: Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2009
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 37 Issue: 10 Page: 34(1)

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Author: Damian McNamara
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This digital document is a journal article from Neuropsychiatrie de l'enfance et de l'adolescence, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The aim of the study was to evaluate the relations between cannabis use and dissociative experiences. A convenient sample of 212 subjects composed of high-school and college students completed questionnaires assessing cannabis use frequency, the symptoms of dependence, dissociative and borderline symptoms using the DES (Dissociative Experience Scale) completed by a sub-scale measuring hyper-personalization/ hyper-realization experiences and the BPI (Borderline Personality Inventory), respectively; 114 (54%) were cannabis users. Multiple regression analysis showed that the frequency of cannabis use was predicted by the frequency of experience of absorption and hyper-personalization and hyper-realization linked to cannabis use and that cannabis dependence was predicted only by borderline symptomatology. Dissociative experiences seeking appears to be an important element in the understanding of the reasons for cannabis use in adolescents and young adults.

Author: E. Duconge, H. Chabrol
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Company: Elsevier (2005-04-01)
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Despite extensive research on the effects of cannabis on cognitive and motor performance, studies administering computerised cognitive batteries and pencil-and-paper tests have not provided consistent results. Contributing factors are the broad range of tests used, together with a lack of sensitivity for assessing specific cognitive processes. This study for the first time assesses a very early cognitive process, information processing, that is sufficiently fundamental as to be immune from higher cognitive, motivational, and social processes. Information processes are thought to represent the basic building blocks of higher order cognitive processes. The inspection time (IT) task was used to investigate the effects of acute and subacute cannabis use on information processing in 22 heavy users, compared to 22 noncannabis-using controls. Findings indicate that users in the subacute state display significantly slowed information-processing speeds (longer ITs) compared to controls. Paradoxically, this deficit appears to be normalised whilst users are in the acute state. These results may be explained as a withdrawal effect, but may also be due to tolerance development as a result of long-term cannabis use. Furthermore, these results may assist in providing an explanation for the development of dependence with chronic cannabis users.

Author: L.M. Kelleher, C. Stough, A.A. Sergejew, T. Rolfe
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The present study confirmed findings that alcohol moderates the link between cannabis use and dependence. The study examined a large, diverse national sample of 856 people who consumed cannabis and alcohol at least twice per week. The study possesses several methodological improvements over past research, including less subjective measures of cannabis use and interview-based data collection. Cannabis use and alcohol consumption interacted to predict cannabis dependence symptoms. Cannabis use covaried with cannabis dependence particularly in people who consumed greater amounts of alcohol. These data further support the hypothesis that alcohol increases problems associated with cannabis use.

Author: S.V. Smucker Barnwell, M. Earleywine, E.B. Gordis
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