Dengan banyak remaja yang bereksperimen dengan ganja dan berbagai produk ganja yang tersedia dengan masing-masing produk bervariasi dalam tingkat THC, mekanisme penggunaan, dan efek memabukkan yang dialami, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan apakah produk tertentu dikaitkan dengan penggunaan yang terus-menerus atau sering di antara remaja yang bereksperimen dengan ganja. Studi ini melibatkan siswa dari 10 sekolah menengah umum di Los Angeles, California, dengan data dasar yang dinilai selama tahun kelas 11 mereka dan data tindak lanjut yang dinilai selama tahun senior mereka. Garis...

Cannabis is one of the most widely used psychoactive substances in Canada.

The complex relationship between cannabis use and mental disorders has garnered significant attention as a public health issue

This is the first in a series of reports, published by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), that reviews the effects of cannabis use on various aspects of human functioning and development.

The report on the effects of regular cannabis use on mental health provides an update of a previous report with new research findings that validate and extend our current...

With cannabis the most commonly used drug globally, the perception of the risk associated with cannabis use declining among young adults, and the adverse health conditions associated with cannabis use, understanding whether perceptual patterns exist among young adults, whether perception influences their consumption of cannabis, and the relationship between their perception and sources of drug information, are important public health concerns. 

In this survey of 1,851 young adults aged 18-29 years from the University of Cordoba in Spain, three perception styles were found to exist, with 53.4%...

Abstract

Aims

To estimate trends in the prevalence of cannabis use and risk perceptions of cannabis use from 2005 to 2017 among United States people with and without depression.

Design

Linear time trends of the prevalence of any, daily and non‐daily past 30‐day cannabis use and perceived great risk associated with regular cannabis use (outcome variables) among people with and without past‐year depression were assessed using logistic regression with survey year as the predictor. All analyses were adjusted for gender, age, race/ethnicity and income; models assessing time trends of cannabis...

Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol - senyawa psikoaktif yang ditemukan dalam ganja - mengaktifkan bagian otak yang bertanggung jawab untuk kognisi, persepsi, kecemasan, ketakutan, memori dan penghargaan.

Ada perdebatan terus-menerus tentang hubungan antara penggunaan ganja dan gangguan psikotik.

Beberapa peneliti percaya penggunaan ganja adalah salah satu faktor risiko yang berkontribusi yang menyebabkan orang mengembangkan gangguan psikotik. Sebaliknya, peneliti lain berpendapat bahwa ada kerentanan bersama, dan faktor risiko untuk pengembangan gangguan psikotik juga dapat berperan dalam adanya...