cannabis

ATTC Webinar Series-Cannabis Webinar Series: Older Adults

9 March 2022

Online

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, cannabis use rates increased in 2020, with almost 50 million individuals 12 or older reporting use of cannabis in the past year. This increase is reflected in the state-specific data for HHS Region 8 in five of the six states (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Utah).

The prevalence and pattern of cannabis use among patients attending a methadone treatment clinic in Nairobi, Kenya

Scientific article

15 February 2022

Abstract Background Cannabis use during methadone treatment may negatively impact treatment outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of cannabis use among patients attending a methadone treatment clinic in...

Cannabis Industry Marketing Violations in Washington State, 2014–2019

Scientific article

Abstract Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe marketing violations from the cannabis industry in Washington State. Method: The study team obtained records of all Washington State cannabis marketing violations from October...

How People Living in Canada Consume and Acquire Cannabis: Assessing Progress in Minimizing Harms and Establishing a Safe Supply Chain

Report

13 January 2022

Summary People’s attitudes and behaviours about cannabis have shifted since it was legalized in 2018. The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) has funded research to examine these changes. As we approach the three-year...

Health and social responses to cannabis problems in Europe — time for a paradigm shift?

Video and audio recordings

Objective: This is the first EMCDDA webinar in the cannabis webinar series, which opens the debate with an all-encompassing overview of the key issues and response options available. Background: Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug...

Cannabis control approaches across Europe

Video and audio recordings

The second webinar in EMCDDA's cannabis webinar series focuses on the debate around cannabis control approaches across Europe. It will aim to clarify concepts such as depenalisation, decriminalisation and legalisation. Background: Cannabis...

Cannabis and tobacco use prior to pregnancy and subsequent offspring birth outcomes: a 20-year intergenerational prospective cohort study

Scientific article

19 August 2021

Abstract There is increasing evidence that the life-course origins of health and development begin before conception. We examined associations between timing and frequency of preconception cannabis and tobacco use and next generation...

Cannabis and the Gateway Drug Theory: Correlation or Causation – Where does the Evidence Point?

Scientific article

15 October 2021

Cannabis and the Gateway Drug Theory: Correlation or Causation – Where does the Evidence Point? (Dalgarno Institute Research Report, October 2021) This Research Report looks a the ever oscillating debate around Cannabis and the 'Gateway...

EMCDDA webinar: Health and social responses to cannabis problems in Europe — time for a paradigm shift?

8 October 2021

Online

Objective: To kick off the cannabis webinar series, opening the debate with an all-encompassing overview of the key issues and response options available.

Background: