Assessing the public health effects of cannabis use: can legalization improve the evidence base?

Matthew Hickman; Lindsey A Hines; Suzie H Gage

doi:10.1002/wps.20744

Assessing the public health effects of cannabis use: can legalization improve the evidence base?

Matthew Hickman
, Lindsey A Hines
, Suzie H Gage

Department of Psychology

Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Bristol
Deakin University
Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol
University of Liverpool

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Hall and Lynskey1 elegantly review evidence on the effects of legalization of recreational cannabis. The trouble is – as they conclude – that it is too early to tell. So, what matters going forwards is whether there will be sufficient investment in generating evidence and conducting research into both the association of cannabis use with health and social harms and the impact of alternative methods of legislating cannabis consumption on the prevention of those harms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	197-198
Number of pages	2
Journal	World Psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20744
Publication status	Published - 11 May 2020

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