Association of Cannabis Use During Adolescence With Neurodevelopment Matthew D. Albaugh, PhD; Jonatan Ottino-Gonzalez, PhD; Amanda Sidwell, BS; Claude Lepage, PhD; Anthony Juliano, PsyD; Max M. Owens, PhD; Bader Chaarani, PhD; Philip Spechler, PhD; Nicholas Fontaine, BS; Pierre Rioux, MSc; Lindsay Lewis, PhD; Seun Jeon, PhD; Alan Evans, PhD; Deepak D’Souza, MD; Rajiv Radhakrishnan, MD; Tobias Banaschewski, MD, PhD; Arun L.W. Bokde, PhD; Erin Burke Quinlan, PhD; Patricia Conrod, PhD; Sylvane Desrivières, PhD; Herta Flor, PhD; Antoine Grigis, PhD; Penny Gowland, PhD; Andreas Heinz, MD, PhD; Bernd Ittermann, PhD; Jean-Luc Martinot,MD, PhD; Marie-Laure Paillère Martinot,MD, PhD; Frauke Nees, PhD; Dimitri Papadopoulos [...]
Lire la suiteCOVID-19 ET CANNABIS : comment réduire les risques © Centre canadien sur les dépendances et l’usage de substances, 2020 Pour en savoir plus, consultez notre section de ressources sur la COVID-19 à www.ccdus.ca N’échangez pas vos joints, appareils de vapotage, pipes ou barboteurs avec d’autres. • La COVID-19 se propage par des gouttelettes respiratoires générées lorsqu’on parle, tousse ou éternue. Vous pouvez la contracter si vous mettez des objets contaminés par ces gouttelettes, comme des joints, vaporisateurs, pipes et barboteurs, dans votre bouche ou si vous touchez ces objets avant de toucher vos yeux, votre nez ou votre bouche. Lavez-vous les mains avant de vous mettre un [...]
Lire la suiteCannabis Use Motivations among Adults Prescribed Opioids for Pain versus Opioid Addiction Selena N. Clem, Teresa L. Bigand, Marian Wilson Pain Management Nursing, 2019, 1-5. Doi : 10.1016/j.pmn.2019.06.009 a b s t r a c t Background : Cannabis has been linked to reduced opioid use, although reasons for cannabis use among adults prescribed opioids are unclear. Aims : The purpose of this study was to determine whether motivations for cannabis use differ between adults prescribed opioids for persistent pain versus those receiving opioids as medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. Design : A cross-sectional survey design was used. Participants : Adults prescribed opioids for persistent pain (n [...]
Lire la suiteBenefits and adverse effects of cannabis use among adults with persistent pain Teresa Bigand, Cristina Lee Anderson, Mary Lee Roberts, Michele Rose Shaw, Marian Wilson Nursing Outlook, 2 0 1 9 , 67, 2 2 3 -2 3 1 doi : 10.1016/j.outlook.2018.12.014. A B S T R A C T Background : Increasingly, states are legalizing cannabis for recreational use. Improved accessibility may allow adults with pain to use cannabis more liberally. Greater understanding is needed about how adults with pain perceive the effects of cannabis, particularly those who also use opioid analgesics. Purpose : To examine the perceived effects of cannabis among adults who have [...]
Lire la suiteOpioid mortality following implementation of medical marijuana programs (1999-2017) in the United States Daniel E. Kaufman, Asawer M. Nihal, Janan D. Leppo, Kelly M. Staples, Kenneth L. McCall, Brian J. Piper BioRxiv preprint, June 14, 2019. Doi : 10.1101/670059 Abstract The United States is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. A prior report using the Center for Disease Control’s Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) database discovered that opioid overdoses decreased by 24.8% from 1999 to 2010 in states with medical cannabis (MC+) relative to those without (MC-). The present study evaluated any differences following MC legislation on WONDER reported opioid overdoses, [...]
Lire la suiteCannabis Use and Cognition in Adults Prescribed Opioids for Persistent Pain Megan Wildes, Teresa L. Bigand, Matthew E. Layton, , Marian Wilson Pain Management Nursing, 2019, 1-6. Doi : 10.1016/j.pmn.2019.06.014 a b s t r a c t Background : Adults with persistent pain frequently report cannabis use to help manage their symptoms. The impact of cannabis use on cognition in the presence of concurrent symptoms of depression and anxiety is poorly understood. Aims : Our study explored how cannabis use affects relationships among symptoms of depression, anxiety, and cognition. Design : A cross-sectional survey study was conducted. Settings : Surveys were distributed at outpatient clinics treating adults [...]
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