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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.