[Cannabis and adolescence - drug misuse and development].
In the last decades the consumption of Cannabis increased strongly. Parents and teachers are disconcerted. Instruments, to successfully offer assistance, are missing to many physicians and therapists. We need sufficient knowledge of the substance, the effects, side effects and possible damages, so that treatment can be successful. At the same time we have to identify the development phase of adolescence, in which the consumption takes place. Thereby it is particularly important to question, whether the consumption of Cannabis initiates psychoses, the development of addiction is possible or mental and physical development is disturbed. In this article the problem of the consumption of Cannabis in the phases of adolescence will be represented according to the challenges of adolescent people. Further more some intervention approaches, which were successful, will be presented.
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Adoleszenz und Sucht, Integrierte Psychiatrie Winterthur, ipw; Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Suchtmedizin SSAM. toni.berthel@ipwin.ch
D000293:Adolescent; D000295:Adolescent Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000379:methods*; D013557:Switzerland