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Understanding youth and young adult cannabis use in Canada post-legalization: a scoping review on a public health issue.

Toula KourgiantakisRagave VicknarajahJudith LoganTravonne EdwardsEunjung LeeShelley L CraigAshima KauraCharmaine C WilliamsSavannah Marshall
Published in: Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy (2024)
Maintaining a public health approach is critical, with a focus on reducing the high prevalence of cannabis use among youth and young adults. This involves implementing prevention strategies to minimize harms, enhancing public education, minimizing commercialization, reducing youth access to cannabis, promoting guidelines for lower-risk cannabis use and harm reduction strategies, and increasing training for healthcare providers.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • public health
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • childhood cancer
  • physical activity
  • quality improvement
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  • electronic health record
  • adverse drug