Research (Prescription Drugs)
Information and resources about demographic trends for prescription drugs such as opioids, sedatives and stimulants.
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A Gender- and Age-Based Analysis of Cannabis Use for Pain and Mental Health in a Large Canadian Naturalistic Sample Frey, B., Minuzzi, L., MacKillop, J, Pallester, P., & Kuhathasan, N. This study examined cannabis use for the management of pain (n = 1246) and mental health (n = 1307) cond…
Addressing potential negative impacts from cannabis legalization: Clinical utility of a brief self-directed intervention for cannabis misuse Hodgins, D. C., Schluter, M. G., Stea, J. N., & Kilborn, M. L. This study tested the effectiveness of a self-help intervention for people with probl…