Adverse health effects of non-medical cannabis use
[17.10.2009]
For over two decades, cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, has been the most widely used illicit drug by young people in high-income countries, and ...
Assessing the impact of cannabis use on trends in diagnosed schizophrenia in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2005
[27.06.2009]
A recent systematic review concluded that cannabis use increases risk of psychotic outcomes independently of confounding and transient intoxication e ...
Randomized controlled trial of dexamphetamine maintenance for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence
[18.06.2009]
This study tested the impact of a long-acting form of amphetamine as medication to help control dependent use of the closely allied stimulant, metham ...
Cannabis Use in Canada
[01.03.2009]
Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug in Canada, used by 1 in 7 adults and 1 in 4 students. Other forms of drug use (e.g., alcohol or injec ...
Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate
[01.09.2008]
Despite cannabis being the most widely used illegal drug, and therefore the mainstay of the ‘war on drugs’, it has only ever held a relatively margin ...
Decriminalization of cannabis
[28.03.2008]
An interesting essay discussing the case for decriminalization of cannabis use appeared in the March 2008 issue of Current Opinion in Psychiatry. The ...
Decriminalization of cannabis
[01.03.2008]
This paper discusses the case for decriminalization of cannabis use, based on a careful weighting of the currently available evidence regarding advan ...
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