| 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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| Unknown | 75 | 100% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 11% |
| Researcher | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 11% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 22 | 29% |
| Unknown | 14 | 19% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 27% |
| Psychology | 11 | 15% |
| Unspecified | 6 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 11 | 15% |
| Unknown | 19 | 25% |
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