title: Attempts to stop or reduce daily cannabis use: An intensive natural history study.
abstract: We attempted to replicate and add to our prior study of attempts to stop or reduce cannabis use among daily cannabis users trying to change on their own, by observing a larger sample and adding further clinically relevant outcomes. Daily users (n = 193) who intended to stop or reduce sometime in the next 3 months called an Interactive Voice Response system each morning for 3 months to report on cannabis use, attempts to stop or reduce, withdrawal symptoms, and so forth, on the prior day. This study replicated our prior findings that (a) cannabis users trying to change make many, and often rapid, transitions among use as usual, reduction, and abstinence; (b) reduction attempts are more common than abstinence attempts; (c) quit and reduction attempts are short-lived and few participants achieve long-term abstinence; (d) alcohol and drug use are not greater on abstinence days; and (e) few users seek treatment. Novel findings included (f) a greater number of days of abstinence or intentional reduction predicted a greater decline in cannabis dependence, (g) most users do not prepare before their quit attempt, (h) coping outcomes during abstinence predict increased duration of abstinence, (i) tobacco use is less common on days of abstinence, and (j) withdrawal symptoms occur even with short quit attempts. Replication tests in more generalizable samples and of longer duration are indicated. Further natural history studies are likely to provide information to help improve the content of psychological treatments for cannabis use. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Center for Behavior and Health, Department of Psychiatry.
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Vermont.
authors.forename: Shelly
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naud
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Alan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Budney
authors.affiliation: Center for Behavior and Health, Department of Psychiatry.
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Fingar
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Vermont.
authors.forename: Peter W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Callas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*
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