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The emerging cannabis treatment population
journal contribution
posted on 2016-11-23, 14:19 authored by Ian Hamilton, Charlie Lloyd, Mark MonaghanMark Monaghan, Kirsteen PatonPurpose
– 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 TodayVolume
14Issue
3Pages
150 - 153Citation
HAMILTON, I. ... et al., 2014. The emerging cannabis treatment population. Drugs and Alcohol Today, 14 (3), pp. 150 - 153.Publisher
© Emerald Group Publishing LimitedVersion
- 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
2014Notes
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
1745-9265Publisher version
Language
- en