Cannabis Bulletins

Pharmacy-based interventions for cannabis-use related difficulties Last updated February 2015 John Howard, Jan Copeland, Peter Gates, Morag Millington, Denis Leahy and Carlene Smith National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre The Pharmacy Guild of Australia (New South Wales Branch) Potential harms associated with cannabis use Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug in the Western …

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Cannabis supply and consumption of other drugs Findings from the DUMA program: Impact of reduced cannabis supply on the consumption of illicit drugs and alcohol Dr Susan Goldsmid Introduction In 2012-13, Australian cannabis seizures, in terms of number and weight, were the highest recorded in the last decade, with 21.5 kilograms of cannabis detected at …

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Evidence-based interventions for cannabis use disorder Introduction Despite cannabis being the most widely used illicit drug in the Western world,1,2controlled trials for cannabis use disorder have been reported in the literature only in the last 15 years. Although many clinicians continue to conclude that the relatively mild withdrawal syndrome associated with cannabis indicates that dependence …

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Driving under the influence of cannabis: a brief review of the literature Against a backdrop of clarity about the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol, questions have rightfully been raised in the general community about the impact of cannabis use on driving performance and the risk of motor vehicle crash. Although research examining …

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FYRST STOP Youth Cannabis Clinic: Evaluation using routinely collected data Published July 2010 Melanie Simpson, John Howard, Ana Rodas2 and David Kalmar NCPIC, NDARC, Salvation Army Youthlink Background Alcohol and other drug treatment agencies routinely collect a large range of client data upon intake, during treatment and upon treatment cessation. The usefulness of such data …

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Clinical and medico-legal implications of drug testing for cannabis Published July 2009 John H. Lewis PhD. Visiting Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Key points Cannabis is the most prevalent illicit drug found in routine clinical and medico-legal drug testing The amount of cannabis metabolite found in urine cannot be correlated with time …

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