Cannabis use disorder, more commonly known as addiction, becomes a dependency when the person can't stop using, even though cannabis interferes with many aspects of their life.
Estimates of the number of people addicted to cannabis are controversial, partly because epidemiological studies of substance use often use dependence as an indicator of addiction, even though it is possible to be addicted without being addicted.
These studies suggest that 9 % of people who use cannabis will become dependent on the substance, rising to around 17% in people who start using it in adolescence.
Cannabis is sometimes used to break an individual's addiction to a stronger product such as alcohol, opiates or methamphetamine.
At what point does cannabis use stop being occasional and become problematic? This question, which for a long time has been treated in a vague manner, is now the subject of an attempt to...
A new study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) sheds light on the genetic factors that can influence the consumption of...
New Zealand's Ministry of Health has for the first time granted cultivation authorization for research on an indigenous magic mushroom, Psilocybe...
Cannabis advocates generally reject the idea that there is such a thing as cannabis withdrawal syndrome. We regularly hear statements such as: «I smoked some...
The legalization of cannabis is associated with a decrease in the use of alcohol, nicotine and opiates without a prescription among young adults, according to a new...
Ananda is launching a clinical trial to use Nantheia ATL5, a drug with a high CBD content, to treat people addicted to opioids. The biotech,...
It was a «promising complementary therapy». But a Quebec study published a few days ago shows otherwise. Conducted at the Université de Montréal Hospital Center, the...
Is cannabis a gateway drug or a gateway drug? The debate has been going on for a long time. When it comes to drug addiction, cannabis consumption...
A recent study published in the journal Addiction and led by a group of researchers from the University of Michigan and the VA Ann Arbor Health Care...
Oregon made history yesterday with two major reforms to its drug policy. The state's voters approved the Measure...
A study conducted by Canadian researchers and published in the International Journal of Drug Policy suggests that 43.5% of patients who started using...
A new meta-study of 14 studies conducted over the past 5 years has determined that CBD shows promise in treating cocaine addiction. «The...
The coronavirus pandemic has turned people's habits upside down. From physical isolation to travel bans, the impact on everyone's life has been felt differently...
A study published last month in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence seems to show a decrease in the proportion of daily cannabis users among whom...
A pioneer in recreational cannabis, the state of Colorado has just passed a law authorizing doctors to prescribe medical cannabis in place of opioids....
In the United States, the death rate from drug overdose is now higher than that from traffic accidents, firearms or AIDS....
A study published in the Drug and Alcohol Review looked at the context in which different cannabis users consume: do they tend to consume in social settings or...
Opioids, painkillers derived from opium and commonly prescribed by doctors, have become the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, ahead of firearms...
The Interministerial Mission for the Fight against Drugs and Addictive Behavior (Mildeca) has just published its 2018-2022 National Mobilization Plan against Addictions. This latest...
Cannabis use among teenagers is often associated with poor school performance and diminished cognitive ability. At this age, the brain is...
