Assessing the Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Cannabis Use Disorder and Admissions to Treatment in the United States.

IF 4.1 2区医学 Q1 SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Current Addiction Reports Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-04-10 DOI:10.1007/s40429-023-00470-x

Lydia Aletraris, Brian D Graves, Joyce J Ndung'u

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Purpose of review: Policy implications from changes in recreational cannabis laws (RCLs) have raised public health concerns. While numerous studies have examined the impact of RCLs on cannabis use, there is less research on the risk of developing cannabis use disorder (CUD). This review summarizes the latest research on the effects of RCLs on CUD prevalence and cannabis treatment admissions.

Recent findings: Nine studies were published between 2016 - 2022 that examined RCLs and CUD or treatment. Findings generally indicate an increase in CUD prevalence associated with legalization, but effects differ by age group. There was no significant association between legalization and CUD treatment admissions, and CUD admissions decreased overall during the study periods.

Summary: To improve policy, prevention, and treatment services, policymakers should monitor RCLs' effects on adverse public health outcomes and researchers should consider the effects on individual and community-level characteristics. We discuss methodological challenges in conducting state-level research and provide suggestions for future studies.

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评估娱乐性大麻合法化对美国大麻使用障碍和接受治疗的影响。

审查目的：娱乐性大麻法律变化的政策影响引起了公众健康问题。尽管许多研究考察了随机对照剂对大麻使用的影响，但对发展为大麻使用障碍（CUD）的风险的研究较少。这篇综述总结了关于随机对照品对CUD流行率和大麻治疗入院率影响的最新研究。最近的发现：2016年至2022年间发表了九项研究，研究了随机对照试验和CUD或治疗。研究结果通常表明，与合法化相关的CUD患病率增加，但影响因年龄组而异。合法化与CUD治疗入院率之间没有显著关联，在研究期间，CUD入院率总体下降。摘要：为了改善政策、预防和治疗服务，政策制定者应监测随机对照试验对不良公共卫生结果的影响，研究人员应考虑对个人和社区特征的影响。我们讨论了进行州级研究的方法挑战，并为未来的研究提供了建议。

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Current Addiction Reports Psychology-Clinical Psychology

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6.60

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4.70%

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期刊介绍： This journal focuses on the prevention, assessment and diagnosis, and treatment of addiction. Designed for physicians and other mental health professionals who need to keep up-to-date with the latest research, Current Addiction Reports offers expert reviews on the most recent and important research in addiction. We accomplish this by appointing leaders in the field to serve as Section Editors in key subject areas and disciplines, such asAlcoholTobaccoStimulants, cannabis, and club drugsBehavioral addictionsGender disparities in addictionComorbid psychiatric disorders and addictionSubstance abuse disorders and HIVSection Editors, in turn, select the most pressing topics as well as experts to evaluate the latest research, report on any controversial discoveries or hypotheses of interest, and ultimately bring readers up-to-date on the topic. Articles represent interdisciplinary endeavors with research from fields such as psychiatry, psychology, pharmacology, epidemiology, and neuroscience.Additionally, an international Editorial Board—representing a range of disciplines within addiction medicine—ensures that the journal content includes current, emerging research and suggests articles of special interest to their country or region.