Sentences with phrase «cannabis use problems»

«Very little has been known about recovery from cannabis use problems, and this is the first study to examine that on a national basis,» says John Kelly, PhD, director of the Recovery Research Institute, who led the study published in the March issue of the International Journal of Drug Policy.

Not exact matches

If the recent increase in availability of stronger forms of cannabis does lead to an increase in total use by some people, this might also lead to an increase in their future risk of developing mental health problems.

The government created a bit of a problem for itself when it allowed GW Pharmaceuticals to grow cannabis under license in order to produce Sativex - a cannabis tincture used to treat spasticity in multiple sclerosis patients.

Patients without mental health or substance abuse problems, who use cannabis recreationally or medicinally, can still benefit from physician counsel.

This means that at a population level, an increased risk of psychosis from cannabis use is low, and those vulnerable to developing serious mental health problems is relatively rare.

While the first guideline recommendation is to abstain from cannabis use to avoid all risks, the remaining recommendations address the elevated potential of risks related to initiating use at a young age, high potency products, alternative delivery systems, heavy use and driving, as well as identifying people at higher risk of problems — with concrete recommendations for risk reduction in each case.

Those resolving cannabis problems do so at younger ages, with less assistance than those resolving other substance - use problems.»

Cannabis users also reported «addiction careers» — the years between their first use and problem resolution — that were significantly shorter than those of the alcohol group — 12 years versus 18 years, which may reflect the greater physical and mental health impairment associated with alcohol and the continuing illegality of cCannabis users also reported «addiction careers» — the years between their first use and problem resolution — that were significantly shorter than those of the alcohol group — 12 years versus 18 years, which may reflect the greater physical and mental health impairment associated with alcohol and the continuing illegality of cannabiscannabis.

Compared with those resolving problems with alcohol or other drugs, those resolving cannabis problems reported starting regular use — once a week or more — at younger ages but also resolving the problem at younger ages, an average of 29 compared with 38 for alcohol and 33 for other drugs.

Individuals who report having resolved a problem with cannabis use appear to have done so at younger ages than those who resolved problems with alcohol or other drugs, report investigators from the Recovery Research Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

While study participants also were much less likely to use any formal sources of assistance or support in resolving problems with cannabis than those whose problems were with other substances, that finding was less common in those who resolved a cannabis problem more recently, which may reflect the increased availability and potency of cannabis in recent years.

Cannabis - primary respondents were even less likely to have used formal treatment or support services than were those resolving problems with illicit drugs — 18 percent versus 42 percent — but were more likely to have participated in drug courts than those who had resolved alcohol problems — 24 percent versus 8 percent.

The committee reports «substantial evidence» linking early marijuana use with substance abuse later in life and suggesting that cannabis increases the likelihood of respiratory problems, motor vehicle accidents, and low birth weight in infants born to pot - smoking mothers.

To be eligible for the study, participants must have met the following: the experience of and emotional response to a trauma that met the DSM - IV Criterion A for PTSD; the presence of several of the major symptoms in re-experiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal of PTSD when not using cannabis; significant relief of several major PTSD symptoms when using cannabis; and lack of any harm or problems in functioning resulting from cannabis use.

This is essential in order for us to understand how cannabis increases the risk of schizophrenia and to develop new treatments for people who have the condition and / or a problem with their cannabis use, both in terms of new medicines and better talking therapies.»

This was assessed via 3 measures: (1) parental cigarette smoking (for the month before assessment) at the 5 -, 6 -, and 9 - year follow - up; (2) parental alcohol problems, based on questions from the Composite International Diagnostic Inventory35 relating to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition36 alcohol abuse / dependence symptom criteria, in the 12 months before the 5 -, 6 -, and 9 - year follow - up; and (3) parental use of cannabis or other illicit drugs, since the previous assessment, at the 5 -, 6 -, and 9 - year follow - up.

(1) Difficulty sleeping (2) Loss of appetite (3) Inability to concentrate (4) Digestive problems (5) Decreased immune system functioning (6) Increased secretion of cortisol (a stress hormone)(7) Elevated systolic and diastolic blood pressure (hypertension in men)(8) Smoking relapse among prior smokers (9) Increased alcohol use / abuse (10) First time cannabis use

A pattern of substance use with high risk of developing problems (at least regular use of alcohol or occasional use of cannabis or other illegal drugs) was found in 48.9 % of the sample.

The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was recently developed for the WHO by an international group of substance abuse researchers to screen for problem or risky use of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine - type stimulants, sedatives, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids, and «other drugs» that do not fall into the previous nine categories.40 The ASSIST was found to have high internal consistency (α > 0.80), correlated well against similarly worded items of other questionnaires, and good concurrent validity with a range of substance use and dependence measures.40

After adjustment for sociodemographic factors, parental alcohol use and psychiatric disorders, and earlier externalizing and internalizing problems, substance use predicted criminality, especially among males, with the highest odds ratio (OR) for cannabis use [adjusted OR 6.2, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 3.1 — 12.7].