Medical use of cannabis: an addiction medicine perspective | Zendy

Cook J. | Zendy; LloydJones D. M. | Zendy; Ogden E. | Zendy; Bonomo Y. | Zendy

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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)

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.

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