title: Medical use of cannabis: an addiction medicine perspective.
abstract: The use of cannabis for medical purposes, evident throughout history, has become a topic of increasing interest. Yet on the present medical evidence, cannabis-based treatments will only be appropriate for a small number of people in specific circumstances. Experience with cannabis as a recreational drug, and with use of psychoactive drugs that are prescribed and abused, should inform harm reduction in the context of medical cannabis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Addiction Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.affiliation: Department of Addiction Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Lloyd-Jones
authors.affiliation: Department of Addiction Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ogden
authors.affiliation: Department of Addiction Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.|Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bonomo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D064086:Medical Marijuana / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D064086:Medical Marijuana
keywords: THC; medical marijuana; medicinal cannabis; therapeutic use