cannabis

Health and social responses to cannabis problems in Europe — time for a paradigm shift?

Video and audio recordings

Objective: This is the first EMCDDA webinar in the cannabis webinar series, which opens the debate with an all-encompassing overview of the key issues and response options available. Background: Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug...

Cannabis control approaches across Europe

Video and audio recordings

The second webinar in EMCDDA's cannabis webinar series focuses on the debate around cannabis control approaches across Europe. It will aim to clarify concepts such as depenalisation, decriminalisation and legalisation. Background: Cannabis...

Cannabis and tobacco use prior to pregnancy and subsequent offspring birth outcomes: a 20-year intergenerational prospective cohort study

Scientific article

19 August 2021

Abstract There is increasing evidence that the life-course origins of health and development begin before conception. We examined associations between timing and frequency of preconception cannabis and tobacco use and next generation...

Cannabis and the Gateway Drug Theory: Correlation or Causation – Where does the Evidence Point?

Scientific article

15 October 2021

Cannabis and the Gateway Drug Theory: Correlation or Causation – Where does the Evidence Point? (Dalgarno Institute Research Report, October 2021) This Research Report looks a the ever oscillating debate around Cannabis and the 'Gateway...

EMCDDA webinar: Health and social responses to cannabis problems in Europe — time for a paradigm shift?

8 October 2021

Online

Objective: To kick off the cannabis webinar series, opening the debate with an all-encompassing overview of the key issues and response options available.

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Cannabis tourist destinations: Risk for vulnerable travellers with pre-existing mental disorders

Scientific article

https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article-abstract/27/4/taz098/5671717

Not your neurotypical client: Autism, alcohol, and other substances

6 September 2021

London

United Kingdom

Understanding needs and improving support for autistic people around alcohol and other substance use issues

Experiences of cannabis-related stigma

27 July 2021

Toronto

Canada

Relatório Mundial sobre Drogas 2021

Relatório Mundial sobre Drogas 2021 avalia que pandemia potencializou riscos de dependência

Cerca de 275 milhões de pessoas usaram drogas no mundo no último ano, enquanto mais de 36 milhões sofreram de transtornos associados ao uso de drogas, de acordo com o Relatório Mundial sobre Drogas 2021. O documento foi divulgado em 24 de junho de 2021, pelo Escritório das Nações Unidas sobre Drogas e Crime (UNODC).

Association of Cannabis Use During Adolescence With Neurodevelopment

Scientific article

16 June 2021

Abstract Importance: Animal studies have shown that the adolescent brain is sensitive to disruptions in endocannabinoid signaling, resulting in altered neurodevelopment and lasting behavioral effects. However, few studies have investigated...