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Cannabis use linked to increase in suicidality, especially in women: NIDA

Author(s) -

Knopf Alison

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

alcoholism and drug abuse weekly

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1556-7591

pISSN - 1042-1394

DOI - 10.1002/adaw.33110

Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , cannabis , psychiatry , psychology , suicide ideation , substance abuse , suicide attempt , clinical psychology , ideation , medicine , suicide prevention , poison control , medical emergency , cognitive science

Cannabis use is associated with three types of suicidality in young adults: suicidal ideation (thoughts of suicide), suicide plans and suicide attempts, according to a recent study by researchers from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) published in JAMA Network Open online June 22. The associations could not be proven causally, but the 40–60% increase in suicidality — ideation, plan, attempt and death — mirrors the increase in cannabis use.

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