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Newest firstHighlights•We studied the extent that cigarette smoking predicts level of cannabis addiction.•We tested whether cigarette smoking mediates the effect of cannabis use on dependence.•We interviewed 298 cannabis and tobacco users, of which 65 were followed up.•Cigarette smoking accounted for 29% of the variance in cannabis dependence.•Cigarette smoking mediated the relationship between cannabis use and dependence. Ai…
Open article record in new tab ↗Acute administration of the primary psychoactive constituent of cannabis, Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), impairs human facial affect recognition, implicating the endocannabinoid system in emotional processing. Another main constituent of cannabis, cannabidiol (CBD), has seemingly opposite functional effects on the brain. This study aimed to determine the effects of THC and CBD, both alone and in combination on em…
Highlights► We study the acute effects of cannabis on divergent thinking and schizotypy. ► Quartile splits compared those lowest and highest in trait creativity. ► Those higher in trait creativity also had higher trait schizotypy. ► State schizotypy increased for both groups when intoxicated with cannabis. ► Acutely, cannabis increases verbal fluency in individuals low in trait creativity. Cannabis acutely increas…
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