Are There Addiction Risks to Cannabis?

Overview

In 2010, 16,652 overdose deaths were directly related to prescribed medications.

In 2022, we have new, even deadlier drugs that are effecting millions globally. Add COVID-19 isolation into the mix, and what you have is an exponential number of people dying alone. Is methadone working? Is there a plan B?

While doctors prescribed these sometimes lethal narcotics, some estimates suggest that up to 70% of these medications get re-sold on the streets.

A study of 4000 indicates that cannabis discourages use of alcohol and hard drugs.

Cannabis Maintenance as Addiction Treatment?

Various 'Addiction' Global Medical Journal Articles Related to Cannabis

2014 - Australia: Study ~ Nabiximols as an Agonist Replacement Therapy During Cannabis Withdrawal.
Jama Psychiatry

PubMed


Psychopharmacology (Berl)

Frontiers in Psychiatry

PLOS

Nature Neuroscience

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Psychopharmacology (Berl)

Neuropsychopharmacology

Journal of Addiction Research & Theory

US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health

2012 - Netherlands / USA / Australia: Study ~ A genetic perspective on the proposed inclusion of cannabis withdrawal in the DSM-5.
Psychological Medicine


Journal of Psychopharmacology

PLoS One

National Institutes of Health

Harm Reduction Journal

WebMD

Neuropsychopharmacology