TY - JOUR
T1 - Cannabis withdrawal in adolescent treatment seekers
AU - Vandrey, Ryan
AU - Budney, Alan J.
AU - Kamon, Jody L.
AU - Stanger, Catherine
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by grants DA15186, DA12471, and T32-DA07242 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Preliminary findings from this article were presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, August 2003, Toronto, Ont., Canada.
PY - 2005/5/9
Y1 - 2005/5/9
N2 - A valid cannabis withdrawal syndrome has been demonstrated in controlled studies with adult marijuana abusers, yet few published reports have examined cannabis withdrawal among adolescents. Adolescents presenting for outpatient substance abuse treatment, whose primary substance of abuse was cannabis, completed a questionnaire reporting the presence and severity of withdrawal symptoms during past periods of cannabis abstinence. Nearly two-thirds of the sample indicated that they had experienced four or more symptoms, and over one-third reported four or more symptoms that occurred at a moderate or greater severity. The magnitude of withdrawal severity was positively correlated with current emotional and behavioral symptoms and self-reported problems with cannabis use. These findings are consistent with previous studies, though the prevalence and magnitude of withdrawal symptoms were lower than that observed in a similar study with adult treatment seekers [Budney, A.J., Novy, P., Hughes, J.R., 1999. Marijuana withdrawal among adults seeking treatment for marijuana dependence. Addiction 94, 1311-1322]. Further research is needed to elucidate associations between cannabis withdrawal effects, the initiation of cessation attempts, and relapse.
AB - A valid cannabis withdrawal syndrome has been demonstrated in controlled studies with adult marijuana abusers, yet few published reports have examined cannabis withdrawal among adolescents. Adolescents presenting for outpatient substance abuse treatment, whose primary substance of abuse was cannabis, completed a questionnaire reporting the presence and severity of withdrawal symptoms during past periods of cannabis abstinence. Nearly two-thirds of the sample indicated that they had experienced four or more symptoms, and over one-third reported four or more symptoms that occurred at a moderate or greater severity. The magnitude of withdrawal severity was positively correlated with current emotional and behavioral symptoms and self-reported problems with cannabis use. These findings are consistent with previous studies, though the prevalence and magnitude of withdrawal symptoms were lower than that observed in a similar study with adult treatment seekers [Budney, A.J., Novy, P., Hughes, J.R., 1999. Marijuana withdrawal among adults seeking treatment for marijuana dependence. Addiction 94, 1311-1322]. Further research is needed to elucidate associations between cannabis withdrawal effects, the initiation of cessation attempts, and relapse.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Cannabis
KW - Marijuana
KW - Withdrawal
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U2 - 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.11.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 15845324
AN - SCOPUS:17444426742
SN - 0376-8716
VL - 78
SP - 205
EP - 210
JO - Drug and alcohol dependence
JF - Drug and alcohol dependence
IS - 2
ER -