Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis

There is a need for efforts that focus on preventing, delaying and reducing the use of cannabis by that reviews the effects of cannabis adolescents and young adults. [...] Preliminary research suggests that the risk might pregnancy, cannabis use and driving, be greater for individuals who use cannabis that is high in (−)-trans-Δ9- the respiratory effects of cannabis tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and low in cannabidiol (CBD). [...] For example, some studies did greatest among individuals who reported the longest not provide information on the age of onset of cannabis histories of cannabis use and had the earliest age of onset use (Fried et al., 2005; Lyketsos et al., 1999; Pope et al., (Battisti et al., 2010). [...] To date, there has been As well, in a longitudinal study conducted among 1,709 a substantial amount of research on the link between individuals, cannabis use and cannabis dependence were chronic cannabis use and psychosis, and together the associated with panic attacks and panic disorder, but these findings suggest that cannabis use is a risk factor for the relationships were no longer significant [...] Recent increases in behaviours found that chronic cannabis use at the age the use of cannabis for medical purposes also highlight the of 15 increased the risk of suicidal ideation or attempt at need for physicians to discuss the cognitive consequences age 16–17 years.