Adverse health effects of non-medical cannabis use

For over two decades, cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, has been the most widely used illicit drug by young people in high-income countries, and has recently become popular on a global scale. Epidemiological research during the past 10 years suggests that regular use of cannabis during adolesce...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 374; no. 9698; pp. 1383 - 1391
Main Authors: Hall, Wayne, Degenhardt, Louisa
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 17.10.2009
Elsevier
Elsevier Limited
Subjects:
Accidents
Accidents, Traffic
Adolescence
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Brain
Cannabis
Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology
Central Nervous System - drug effects
Dronabinol - pharmacology
Drug abuse
General aspects
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Humans
Internal Medicine
Lung Diseases - etiology
Marijuana
Marijuana Abuse - etiology
Marijuana Abuse - psychology
Marijuana Smoking - adverse effects
Marijuana Smoking - epidemiology
Marijuana Smoking - psychology
Medical imaging
Medical sciences
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - etiology
Miscellaneous
Motor vehicles
Psychotropic Drugs - pharmacology
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Respiratory function
Side effects
Young Adult
Young adults
Medicine
Cannabis
Toxicity
Dicotyledones
Use
Angiospermae
Secondary effect
Cannabidaceae
Spermatophyta
Public health
ISSN:0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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Summary:For over two decades, cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, has been the most widely used illicit drug by young people in high-income countries, and has recently become popular on a global scale. Epidemiological research during the past 10 years suggests that regular use of cannabis during adolescence and into adulthood can have adverse effects. Epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory studies have established an association between cannabis use and adverse outcomes. We focus on adverse health effects of greatest potential public health interest—that is, those that are most likely to occur and to affect a large number of cannabis users. The most probable adverse effects include a dependence syndrome, increased risk of motor vehicle crashes, impaired respiratory function, cardiovascular disease, and adverse effects of regular use on adolescent psychosocial development and mental health.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61037-0