The promise of adolescence: Realizing opportunity for all youth

EP Backes, RJ Bonnie - 2019 - books.google.com
Adolescenceâ€" beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€" is a
critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop …

Cannabis and mental illness: a review

DJE Lowe, JD Sasiadek, AS Coles… - European archives of …, 2019 - Springer
With the increasing push to legalize cannabis in Western nations, there is a need to gage
the potential impact of this policy change on vulnerable populations, such as those with …

Cannabis and the developing brain: insights into its long-lasting effects

YL Hurd, OJ Manzoni, MV Pletnikov, FS Lee… - Journal of …, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
The recent shift in sociopolitical debates and growing liberalization of cannabis use across
the globe has raised concern regarding its impact on vulnerable populations, such as …

Adverse health effects of non-medical cannabis use

W Hall, L Degenhardt - The Lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
For over two decades, cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, has been the most widely
used illicit drug by young people in high-income countries, and has recently become …

What has research over the past two decades revealed about the adverse health effects of recreational cannabis use?

W Hall - Addiction, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To examine changes in the evidence on the adverse health effects of cannabis since
1993. Methods A comparison of the evidence in 1993 with the evidence and interpretation of …

Structural and functional imaging studies in chronic cannabis users: a systematic review of adolescent and adult findings

A Batalla, S Bhattacharyya, M Yuecel, P Fusar-Poli… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background The growing concern about cannabis use, the most commonly used illicit drug
worldwide, has led to a significant increase in the number of human studies using …

Adolescent brain development and the risk for alcohol and other drug problems

S Bava, SF Tapert - Neuropsychology review, 2010 - Springer
Dynamic changes in neurochemistry, fiber architecture, and tissue composition occur in the
adolescent brain. The course of these maturational processes is being charted with greater …

Cannabis and adolescent brain development

DI Lubman, A Cheetham, M Yücel - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
Heavy cannabis use has been frequently associated with increased rates of mental illness
and cognitive impairment, particularly amongst adolescent users. However, the …

Cannabis use is quantitatively associated with nucleus accumbens and amygdala abnormalities in young adult recreational users

JM Gilman, JK Kuster, S Lee, MJ Lee… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States, but little is known
about its effects on the human brain, particularly on reward/aversion regions implicated in …

Distinct effects of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol on neural activation during emotional processing

P Fusar-Poli, JA Crippa, S Bhattacharyya… - Archives of general …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Context Cannabis use can both increase and reduce anxiety in humans. The
neurophysiological substrates of these effects are unknown. Objective To investigate the …