Case study: withdrawal syndrome in adolescent chronic cannabis users.
Cannabis use is common among adolescents and has recently been increasing, especially among young teenagers. Whether the reduction of cannabis in chronic heavy users results in a clinically significant withdrawal syndrome is controversial. This article presents three case vignettes supporting the view that chronic cannabis use by adolescents may result in a clinically significant withdrawal syndrome and that the associated physiological symptoms directly contribute to the persistent use of the substance.
Duffy
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Royal Ottawa Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Milin
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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007508:Irritable Mood; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000150:complications*; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*