Synthetic and non-synthetic cannabinoid drugs and their adverse effects-a review from public health prospective

K Cohen, AM Weinstein - Frontiers in public health, 2018 - frontiersin.org
There is a growing use of novel psychoactive substances containing synthetic cannabinoids.
Synthetic cannabinoid products have effects similar to those of natural cannabis, yet, these …

Spice drugs as a new trend: mode of action, identification and legislation

I Vardakou, C Pistos, C Spiliopoulou - Toxicology letters, 2010 - Elsevier
The present review highlights the existing monitoring and legislation status of synthetic
cannabinoids in “Spice” products and alert research community about the identification and …

An improved brief measure of cannabis misuse: the Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test-Revised (CUDIT-R)

SJ Adamson, FJ Kay-Lambkin, AL Baker… - Drug and alcohol …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Cannabis is widely used and significant problems are associated with
heavier consumption. When a cannabis misuse screening tool, the CUDIT, was originally …

Cannabis use and later life outcomes

DM Fergusson, JM Boden - Addiction, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To examine the associations between the extent of cannabis use during adolescence
and young adulthood and later education, economic, employment, relationship satisfaction …

[BUCH][B] Ethics and public policy: a philosophical inquiry

J Wolff - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Ethics and Public Policy: A Philosophical Inquiry, second edition subjects important and
controversial areas of public policy to philosophical scrutiny. Jonathan Wolff, a renowned …

Cannabis use disorders in the USA: prevalence, correlates and co-morbidity

FS Stinson, WJ Ruan, R Pickering… - Psychological medicine, 2006 - cambridge.org
Background. The purpose of this study was to present 12-month and lifetime estimates of the
prevalence, sociodemographic and clinical correlates, and psychiatric co-morbidity of DSM …

Synthetic cannabinoid JWH-018 and psychosis: an explorative study

S Every-Palmer - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Aroma, Spice, K2 and Dream are examples of a class of new and
increasingly popular recreational drugs. Ostensibly branded “herbal incense”, they have …

Neuroplasticity of neocortical circuits in schizophrenia

DA Lewis, G González-Burgos - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2008 - nature.com
The core features of schizophrenia include deficits in cognitive processes mediated by the
circuitry of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). These deficits are associated with a …

Cannabis consumption and psychosis or schizophrenia development

MB Ortiz-Medina, M Perea, J Torales… - … Journal of Social …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Cannabis consumption produces psychopathology, in some cases psychotic
episodes, which are of our interest in this work. However, the relationship between cannabis …

Substance use in a population-based clinic sample of people with first-episode psychosis

JH Barnett, U Werners, SM Secher, KE Hill… - The British Journal of …, 2007 - cambridge.org
BackgroundSubstance use is implicated in the cause and course of psychosis. AimsTo
characterise substance and alcohol use in an epidemiologically representative treatment …