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Medical use of cannabis: an addiction medicine perspective

2015; Wiley; Volume: 45; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/imj.12761

1445-5994

Jon Cook, David Martyn Lloyd‐Jones, Edward Ogden, Yvonne Bonomo,

Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Abstract The use of cannabis for medical purposes, evident throughout history, has become a topic of increasing interest. Yet on the present medical evidence, cannabis‐based treatments will only be appropriate for a small number of people in specific circumstances. Experience with cannabis as a recreational drug, and with use of psychoactive drugs that are prescribed and abused, should inform harm reduction in the context of medical cannabis.