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Exploring the association of legalisation status of cannabis with problematic cannabis use and impulsivity in the USA
BACKGROUND: There has been an increased trend towards the legalisation of medicinal and recreational cannabis use worldwide. This has been controversial as the long-term effects of frequent cannabis use on the brain are still poorly understood. METHODS: In this study, we investigated whether the leg...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6152614/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30263037 http://dx.doi.org/10.7573/dic.212541 |
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author | Destrée, Louise Amiet, Danielle Carter, Adrian Lee, Rico Lorenzetti, Valentina Segrave, Rebecca Youssef, George Solowij, Nadia Yücel, Murat |
author_facet | Destrée, Louise Amiet, Danielle Carter, Adrian Lee, Rico Lorenzetti, Valentina Segrave, Rebecca Youssef, George Solowij, Nadia Yücel, Murat |
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description | BACKGROUND: There has been an increased trend towards the legalisation of medicinal and recreational cannabis use worldwide. This has been controversial as the long-term effects of frequent cannabis use on the brain are still poorly understood. METHODS: In this study, we investigated whether the legal status of cannabis in the United States of America (USA) is associated with problematic cannabis use and impulsivity in 329 frequent cannabis users. The data were collected in 2015 and were analysed in 2017. Ethical approval for this study was obtained from Monash University in 2015. RESULTS: The results indicated that participants’ problematic cannabis use and impulsivity was not different whether they resided in states where cannabis is legal for medical and/or recreational use or prohibited. LIMITATIONS: The present study is a cross-sectional design, making it difficult to infer causality and establish whether cannabis use is a cause, consequence, or correlate of altered impulsivity. CONCLUSION: Our study supports the notion that frequent cannabis use is associated with impulsive behaviours, whilst, conversely, we did not find an association between US state legalisation and problematic cannabis use or impulsivity. |
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spelling | pubmed-61526142018-09-27 Exploring the association of legalisation status of cannabis with problematic cannabis use and impulsivity in the USA Destrée, Louise Amiet, Danielle Carter, Adrian Lee, Rico Lorenzetti, Valentina Segrave, Rebecca Youssef, George Solowij, Nadia Yücel, Murat Drugs Context Original Research BACKGROUND: There has been an increased trend towards the legalisation of medicinal and recreational cannabis use worldwide. This has been controversial as the long-term effects of frequent cannabis use on the brain are still poorly understood. METHODS: In this study, we investigated whether the legal status of cannabis in the United States of America (USA) is associated with problematic cannabis use and impulsivity in 329 frequent cannabis users. The data were collected in 2015 and were analysed in 2017. Ethical approval for this study was obtained from Monash University in 2015. RESULTS: The results indicated that participants’ problematic cannabis use and impulsivity was not different whether they resided in states where cannabis is legal for medical and/or recreational use or prohibited. LIMITATIONS: The present study is a cross-sectional design, making it difficult to infer causality and establish whether cannabis use is a cause, consequence, or correlate of altered impulsivity. CONCLUSION: Our study supports the notion that frequent cannabis use is associated with impulsive behaviours, whilst, conversely, we did not find an association between US state legalisation and problematic cannabis use or impulsivity. BioExcel Publishing Ltd 2018-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6152614/ /pubmed/30263037 http://dx.doi.org/10.7573/dic.212541 Text en Copyright © 2018 Destrée L, Amiet D, Carter A, Lee R, Lorenzetti V, Segrave R, Youssef G, Solowij N, Yücel M. Published by Drugs in Context under Creative Commons License Deed CC BY NC ND 4.0 which allows anyone to copy, distribute, and transmit the article provided it is properly attributed in the manner specified below. No commercial use without permission. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Destrée, Louise Amiet, Danielle Carter, Adrian Lee, Rico Lorenzetti, Valentina Segrave, Rebecca Youssef, George Solowij, Nadia Yücel, Murat Exploring the association of legalisation status of cannabis with problematic cannabis use and impulsivity in the USA |
title | Exploring the association of legalisation status of cannabis with problematic cannabis use and impulsivity in the USA |
title_full | Exploring the association of legalisation status of cannabis with problematic cannabis use and impulsivity in the USA |
title_fullStr | Exploring the association of legalisation status of cannabis with problematic cannabis use and impulsivity in the USA |
title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the association of legalisation status of cannabis with problematic cannabis use and impulsivity in the USA |
title_short | Exploring the association of legalisation status of cannabis with problematic cannabis use and impulsivity in the USA |
title_sort | exploring the association of legalisation status of cannabis with problematic cannabis use and impulsivity in the usa |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6152614/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30263037 http://dx.doi.org/10.7573/dic.212541 |
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