Cannabis Disorder
Cannabis use disorder (CUD), also known as cannabis addiction or marijuana addiction, is defined in the fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and ICD-10 as the continued use of cannabis despite clinically significant impairment.
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Wiki Number: W033
Diagnosis: Cannabis (Marijuana) Use Disorder
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Symptoms: develops tolerance, requiring increased use, 15% of daily users become addicted
Progression: withdrawal, tolerance, use of time, cravings;1/3 of users transition to schizophrenia
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Medications: None with consistent, positive results; 9% of users become dependent.
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Youtube Video: Cannabis Use Disorder
Amazon or Library Book: Quitting Weed
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Support Group: marijuana-anonymous/find-a-meeting; Online
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- Determining the diagnostic cut-off on the Chinese version of severity of dependence scale for cannabisby Albert Kar Kin Chung on January 22, 2025
CONCLUSION: The C-SDS-C is a valid and reliable screening instrument to identify cannabis users with moderate-to-severe CUD in the Chinese-speaking population.
- Eye reactions under the influence of drugs of abuse as measured by smartphones: a controlled clinical study in healthy volunteersby Kiki W K Kuijpers on January 22, 2025
CONCLUSION: The ocular response to oxycodone, lorazepam, lisdexamphetamine and cannabis, as measured under controlled light conditions using a smartphone-based assessment, demonstrated distinct and readily distinguishable patterns for each substance.
- Oral lesions and disorders and their prevalence arising from the use of illicit drugs in a prison populationby Marta Relvas on January 21, 2025
CONCLUSION: The main oral manifestations found, associated to the consumption of illicit drugs were caries lesions, tooth loss and sensitivity, periodontal diseases, temporomandibular disorders, xerostomia, and bruxism.
- Regulatory Trends of Organophosphate and Pyrethroid Pesticides in Cannabis and Applications of the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database and Caenorhabditis elegansby Albert B Rivera on January 21, 2025
Organophosphate and pyrethroid pesticides are common contaminants in cannabis. Due to the status of cannabis as an illicit Schedule I substance at the federal level, there are no unified national guidelines in the U.S. to mitigate the health risk of pesticide exposure in cannabis. Here, we examined the change in the state-level regulations of organophosphate and pyrethroid pesticides in cannabis. The medians of pyrethroid and organophosphate pesticides specified by each state-level jurisdiction...