Clearing the smokescreen: The current evidence on cannabis use

• Main Author: Margriet van Laar (auth)
• Other Authors: Elizabeth C. Temple (auth), Rhonda F. Brown (auth), Richard Hammersley (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Cannabis; Cannabinoids; Affective disorders anxiety; Addiction; normalization; marijuana; legalization; drug policy; psychosis
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Cannabis remains the most commonly used illicit substance world-wide, with international estimates indicating that 2.8%-4.5% of the global population use cannabis each year. This prevalence rate has not changed substantially in the past decade and there is no indication that it will do so in the nex...