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Young-adult compared to adolescent onset of regular cannabis use: A 20-year prospective cohort study of later consequences.

Gary Chung Kai ChanDenise BeckerPeter ButterworthLindsey A HinesCarolyn CoffeyWayne HallGeorge Patton
Published in: Drug and alcohol review (2021)
Cannabis users who began regular use in their teens had poorer later life outcomes than non-using peers. The larger group who began regular cannabis use after leaving high school accounted for most cannabis-related harms in adulthood. Given the legalisation of cannabis use in an increasing number of jurisdictions, we should increasingly expect harms from cannabis use to lie in those commencing use in young adulthood.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • high school
  • depressive symptoms
  • mental health
  • early life
  • middle aged
  • adipose tissue
  • metabolic syndrome
  • drug induced