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Newest firstCannabis use increases the risk of psychosis, but cannabis-based medicinal products may provide additional therapeutic opportunities. Decriminalisation of cannabis has led to wider availability in certain jurisdictions, while in the UK regulated medicinal preparations are not readily accessible. A more balanced approach could reduce harms while maximising potential therapeutic benefits.
Open article record in new tab ↗The emerging evidence for cannabis in the management of tics in Tourette syndrome has come almost exclusively from studies in adult patients. We now have two published feasibility studies of cannabis for adolescents with Tourette syndrome. Although both readily recruited adolescent participants, there was no explicit requirement for prior trials with standard evidence-based treatments. This is of concern given the…
Open article record in new tab ↗Polysubstance use is increasingly the norm among adolescents who use substances, yet research and clinical frameworks remain concentrated in single-substance models. This narrative conceptual editorial highlights key emerging literature on the conceptual inconsistencies and methodological challenges in polysubstance use research, particularly in the context of shifting cannabis legislation and adolescent vulnerabi…
Open article record in new tab ↗A "blunt" is a hollowed-out cigar/cigarillo from which much of the loose tobacco has been removed, and the remaining tobacco wrapper filled with cannabis. Although blunts contain significant levels of tobacco/nicotine, they are often treated as if they were exclusive cannabis products and omitted from surveys of tobacco products. Whereas the prevalence of virtually all other tobacco products is on the decline in t…
Open article record in new tab ↗Dravet syndrome (DS) is a rare and severe form of epilepsy, characterised by recurrent seizures that begin during the first year of life, leading to motor, cognitive and behavioural impairments. This article provides the perspectives of a parent of a child with DS ('Ethan') and the treating neuropaediatrician. Ethan's seizures began when he was 9 months old, and were a mixture of focal seizures and status epilepti…
Open article record in new tab ↗This Special Issue of Pharmaceuticals presents eight original articles and three reviews, underscoring the ongoing robust interest in research on cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1R) and type 2 (CB2R) more than 30 years after their discovery [...].
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