Marijuana Use and Addiction Prevention
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019) | Viewed by 53271
Special Issue Editor
Interests: drugs; alcohol; addiction; violence; law; medicine; psychiatry
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Dear Colleagues,
The recent history of marijuana in public health is changing rapidly, from an illegal drug to an alleged medicine, through politics and not the usual route of research and science. Laws governing marijuana are in flux and contradictory, e.g., legal on a state level and illegal at a federal level in the U.S.
The overriding questions are do we have viable public health policies for marijuana? Does public health even matter in the face of demand for an addicting drug? What will be the costs of addiction to marijuana? Will addiction to marijuana become another opioid epidemic? Will profits and big Business drive addiction as do cigarettes? Will big pharma take over production and marketing as with narcotic medications? Will marijuana addiction increase addiction to other drugs? Will legalized marijuana improve distribution and public health? Is marijuana safe and beneficial? What are the current laws for marijuana use and prevention?
Our Special Issue on marijuana will focus on answers to these core questions. The issue will present evidence, analyze policy, and propose strategies central to prevention and public health for marijuana. The issue will describe prevalence and risks for marijuana addiction and models for its prevention. It will also provide the latest support for marijuana and other cannabinoids as medicines. “Is marijuana healthy with any use”, particularly addictive use, will be scientifically and medically explored. The issue’s predominant purpose is to rigorously and objectively formulate policy for public health to prevent harm from addictive use of marijuana, and protect the public, particularly, vulnerable young populations.
Prof. Norman S. Miller
Guest Editor
Keywords
- Marijuana
- Addiction
- Prevention
- Policy
- Public Health
- Medicine
- Cannabinoids
- Cigarettes
- Opioids
- Research