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The emerging cannabis treatment population

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posted on 2016-11-23, 14:19 authored by Ian Hamilton, Charlie Lloyd, Mark MonaghanMark Monaghan, Kirsteen Paton
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine recent trends in presentation to treatment where cannabis is identified as the primary drug. Design/methodology/approach – Data is drawn from the recently published Public Health England report and supplemented with Home Office and European data. Findings – The data shows a marked increase in presentations for cannabis treatment over recent years. The authors offer some potential explanations for this trend. Research limitations/implications – The authors need to improve our understanding of the type of cannabis that is available and how specifically it is used. In parallel there is a pressing need for an evaluation of evidence in relation to treatment for problematic cannabis users. Originality/value – This paper highlights this recent trend in treatment presentations, offers some potential explanations and makes associated recommendations.

History

School

  • Social Sciences

Department

  • Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies

Published in

Drugs and Alcohol Today

Volume

14

Issue

3

Pages

150 - 153

Citation

HAMILTON, I. ... et al., 2014. The emerging cannabis treatment population. Drugs and Alcohol Today, 14 (3), pp. 150 - 153.

Publisher

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2014

Notes

This article is © Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/DAT-01-2014-0005). Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

ISSN

1745-9265

Language

  • en