Authors
Edmund Silins, L John Horwood, George C Patton, David M Fergusson, Craig A Olsson, Delyse M Hutchinson, Elizabeth Spry, John W Toumbourou, Louisa Degenhardt, Wendy Swift, Carolyn Coffey, Robert J Tait, Primrose Letcher, Jan Copeland, Richard P Mattick
Publication date
2014/9/1
Journal
The Lancet Psychiatry
Volume
1
Issue
4
Pages
286-293
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Background
Debate continues about the consequences of adolescent cannabis use. Existing data are limited in statistical power to examine rarer outcomes and less common, heavier patterns of cannabis use than those already investigated; furthermore, evidence has a piecemeal approach to reporting of young adult sequelae. We aimed to provide a broad picture of the psychosocial sequelae of adolescent cannabis use.
Methods
We integrated participant-level data from three large, long-running longitudinal studies from Australia and New Zealand: the Australian Temperament Project, the Christchurch Health and Development Study, and the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study. We investigated the association between the maximum frequency of cannabis use before age 17 years (never, less than monthly, monthly or more, weekly or more, or daily) and seven developmental outcomes assessed up to age 30 …
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