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Assessing the Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Cannabis Use Disorder and Admissions to Treatment in the United States
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Policy implications from changes in recreational cannabis laws (RCLs) have raised public health concerns. While numerous studies have examined the impact of RCLs on cannabis use, there is less research on the risk of developing cannabis use disorder (CUD). This review summarizes t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10088679/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37266190 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40429-023-00470-x |
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author | Aletraris, Lydia Graves, Brian D. Ndung’u, Joyce J. |
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description | PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Policy implications from changes in recreational cannabis laws (RCLs) have raised public health concerns. While numerous studies have examined the impact of RCLs on cannabis use, there is less research on the risk of developing cannabis use disorder (CUD). This review summarizes the latest research on the effects of RCLs on CUD prevalence and cannabis treatment admissions. RECENT FINDINGS: Nine studies were published between 2016 – 2022 that examined RCLs and CUD or treatment. Findings generally indicate an increase in CUD prevalence associated with legalization, but effects differ by age group. There was no significant association between legalization and CUD treatment admissions, and CUD admissions decreased overall during the study periods. SUMMARY: To improve policy, prevention, and treatment services, policymakers should monitor RCLs’ effects on adverse public health outcomes and researchers should consider the effects on individual and community-level characteristics. We discuss methodological challenges in conducting state-level research and provide suggestions for future studies. |
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spelling | pubmed-100886792023-04-12 Assessing the Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Cannabis Use Disorder and Admissions to Treatment in the United States Aletraris, Lydia Graves, Brian D. Ndung’u, Joyce J. Curr Addict Rep Article PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Policy implications from changes in recreational cannabis laws (RCLs) have raised public health concerns. While numerous studies have examined the impact of RCLs on cannabis use, there is less research on the risk of developing cannabis use disorder (CUD). This review summarizes the latest research on the effects of RCLs on CUD prevalence and cannabis treatment admissions. RECENT FINDINGS: Nine studies were published between 2016 – 2022 that examined RCLs and CUD or treatment. Findings generally indicate an increase in CUD prevalence associated with legalization, but effects differ by age group. There was no significant association between legalization and CUD treatment admissions, and CUD admissions decreased overall during the study periods. SUMMARY: To improve policy, prevention, and treatment services, policymakers should monitor RCLs’ effects on adverse public health outcomes and researchers should consider the effects on individual and community-level characteristics. We discuss methodological challenges in conducting state-level research and provide suggestions for future studies. Springer International Publishing 2023-04-10 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10088679/ /pubmed/37266190 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40429-023-00470-x Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023. Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Aletraris, Lydia Graves, Brian D. Ndung’u, Joyce J. Assessing the Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Cannabis Use Disorder and Admissions to Treatment in the United States |
title | Assessing the Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Cannabis Use Disorder and Admissions to Treatment in the United States |
title_full | Assessing the Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Cannabis Use Disorder and Admissions to Treatment in the United States |
title_fullStr | Assessing the Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Cannabis Use Disorder and Admissions to Treatment in the United States |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Cannabis Use Disorder and Admissions to Treatment in the United States |
title_short | Assessing the Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Cannabis Use Disorder and Admissions to Treatment in the United States |
title_sort | assessing the impact of recreational cannabis legalization on cannabis use disorder and admissions to treatment in the united states |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10088679/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37266190 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40429-023-00470-x |
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