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Medical use of cannabis: an addiction medicine perspective
Author(s) -
Cook J.,
LloydJones D. M.,
Ogden E.,
Bonomo Y.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/imj.12761
Subject(s) - cannabis , medicine , medical cannabis , harm reduction , context (archaeology) , addiction , psychiatry , recreational drug , recreation , drug , harm , perspective (graphical) , family medicine , psychology , paleontology , social psychology , artificial intelligence , political science , computer science , law , biology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
Abstract The use of cannabis for medical purposes, evident throughout history, has become a topic of increasing interest. Yet on the present medical evidence, cannabis‐based treatments will only be appropriate for a small number of people in specific circumstances. Experience with cannabis as a recreational drug, and with use of psychoactive drugs that are prescribed and abused, should inform harm reduction in the context of medical cannabis.