Use of genetically informed methods to clarify the nature of the association between cannabis use and risk for schizophrenia

NA Gillespie, KS Kendler - JAMA psychiatry, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
a robust association between cannabis use, heavy use, and misuse with future risk of
schizophrenia. 1-3 Despite adjusting for covariates, including current psychotic symptoms …

Prolonged cannabidiol treatment effects on hippocampal subfield volumes in current cannabis users

C Beale, SJ Broyd, Y Chye, C Suo… - Cannabis and …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Introduction: Chronic cannabis use is associated with neuroanatomical alterations in the
hippocampus. While adverse impacts of cannabis use are generally attributed to Δ9 …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of THC and CBD in schizophrenia: a systematic review

S Ahmed, RM Roth, CN Stanciu, MF Brunette - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: People with schizophrenia are more likely to develop cannabis use disorder
(CUD) and experience worse outcomes with use. Yet as cannabis is legalized for medical …

Need for ethnic and population diversity in psychosis research

C Burkhard, S Cicek, R Barzilay… - Schizophrenia …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
This article aims to evaluate “racial”, ethnic, and population diversity—or lack thereof—in
psychosis research, with a particular focus on socio-environmental studies. Samples of …

Cannabis and cannabinoids in mood and anxiety disorders: impact on illness onset and course, and assessment of therapeutic potential

SL Botsford, S Yang, TP George - The American journal on …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Objectives Cannabis use is common in people with and mood and anxiety
disorders (ADs), and rates of problematic use are higher than in the general population …

Substance use and psychotic-like experiences in young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SL Matheson, M Laurie, KR Laurens - Psychological Medicine, 2023 - cambridge.org
This study aimed to systematically review and synthesise the available evidence on the
prevalence and associations between psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) and substance use …

Therapeutic potential of medicinal marijuana: an educational primer for health care professionals

Y Mouhamed, A Vishnyakov, B Qorri… - Drug, healthcare and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
With the proposed Canadian July 2018 legalization of marijuana through the Cannabis Act,
a thorough critical analysis of the current trials on the efficacy of medicinal marijuana (MM) …

Potency of Δ9–tetrahydrocannabinol and other cannabinoids in cannabis in England in 2016: Implications for public health and pharmacology

DJ Potter, K Hammond, S Tuffnell… - Drug testing and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In 2005 and 2008, studies reported that cannabis in England had become dominated by the
sinsemilla (unseeded female) form. The average potency (Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabinol [THC] …

Marijuana and other cannabinoids as a treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: A literature review

MM Steenkamp, EM Blessing… - Depression and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common in the general population, yet there are
limitations to the effectiveness, tolerability, and acceptability of available first‐line …

[HTML][HTML] Violence and cannabis use: A focused review of a forgotten aspect in the era of liberalizing cannabis

L Dellazizzo, S Potvin, M Athanassiou… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There has been a shift surrounding societal and legal perspectives on cannabis reflecting
changing public attitudes towards the perceived safety and social acceptability of cannabis …