Title |
Progress toward pharmacotherapies for cannabis-use disorder: an evidence-based review
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Published in |
Substance abuse and rehabilitation, May 2016
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DOI | 10.2147/sar.s89857 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Jan Copeland, Izabella Pokorski |
Abstract |
Cannabis is the most widely used and variably regulated drug in the world, with increasing trends of use being reported in the US, Australia, Asia, and Africa. Evidence has shown a decrease in the age of commencement of cannabis use in some developed countries and a prolongation of risk of initiation to cannabis use beyond adolescence among more recent users. Cannabis use is associated with numerous health risks and long-term morbidity, as well as risk of developing cannabis-use disorders. Cannabis users infrequently seek professional treatment, and normally do so after a decade of use. Cannabis-use disorders are currently treated using a selection of psychosocial interventions. Severity of withdrawal is a factor that increases the risk of relapse, and is the target of pharmacotherapy studies. Currently, there is no approved pharmacotherapy for cannabis-use disorders. A number of approaches have been examined, and trials are continuing to find a safe and effective medication with little abuse liability. |
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Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Unknown | 72 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 11% |
Researcher | 8 | 11% |
Student > Master | 8 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 8 | 11% |
Other | 7 | 10% |
Other | 17 | 24% |
Unknown | 16 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 28% |
Psychology | 11 | 15% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 6% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
Other | 9 | 13% |
Unknown | 21 | 29% |