Rates of Prenatal Cannabis Use Among Pregnant Women Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This study, from California, highlights cannabis use by pregnant people and how it seems to have increased up to 25% during the COVID-19 pandemic, when
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This study, from California, highlights cannabis use by pregnant people and how it seems to have increased up to 25% during the COVID-19 pandemic, when
This study, based in Denmark, examines data from 1972 through 2016 and found direct associations between cannabis use disorder (CUD) and schizophrenia. The authors found
The authors report on an analysis of young adults from 01/01/2008 to 12/31/2019 from the National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. They found that
The authors examined the association between cannabis use and cerebral cortex development in a longitudinal, community-based study of 2223 adolescents in Europe. Results suggest that
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The authors examined the prevalence of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) since first drug use (tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin) and prescription drug misuse
This study followed nearly 1800 adolescents and young adults from age 15 to 35. Of that group, those who began using cannabis as adolescents were
Youth with pre-existing mood disorders who also have cannabis use disorder (CUD) were found to have an increased risk of self-harm, suicide, and death by
In studying the effects of THC-dominant, THC/CBD-equivalent, and CBD-dominant cannabis on driving performance, it was found that there was little difference between THC-dominant and the
This study, along with previous models, shows we still need further research on the correlation between cannabis use and schizophrenia. by Nathan A. Gillespie, PhD;
This study focuses on cannabis users, aged 16-65 years, recruited from Canada and the US, from areas that had and had not legalized non-medical cannabis.
This study shows that there is a distinction between an inherited predisposition to cannabis use and cannabis use disorder (CUD). This report also presents evidence
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