Let’s Celebrate International Recovery Day!
"Recovery is for Everyone: Every Person, Every Family, Every Community." As we end National Recovery Month on International Recovery Day, we celebrate the millions of people in recovery while giving hope to those with substance use disorders and their loved ones.
Large population-based survey finds that marijuana use is associated with psychotic disorders in the U.S. population.
In a new study just published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, researchers found that any use of marijuana was associated with increased risk of self-reported psychotic disorders. The study included data on over 75,000 subjects who participated in the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) from 2001-2002 or 2012-2013. In the analysis, the investigators used logistic regression to estimate prevalence of past-year self-reported psychotic disorders among users and non-users of marijuana. They found that compared to non-users, participants with any history of nonmedical marijuana use were 6.1 (2001-2002 survey) and 2.8 (2012-2013 survey) times more likely...
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With an estimated 35 million people suffering from substance use disorders globally, which experts consider to be a chronic disease, drug abuse may lead to other crimes and it's often better addressed with rehabilitation rather than incarceration.
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