Frequent users were more likely to obtain cannabis from illegal sources and pharmacies, or through home cultivation.

Interestingly, those who obtained cannabis from pharmacies reported the lowest levels of mental distress.
We would have expected the opposite for people with medical conditions.

We found that many respondents not only obtained cannabis from one but from multiple sources, often legal and illegal. Social supply remained a common source for many users.

ESPAD offers perhaps the first publicly available information on trends of #cannabis use among adolescents in Germany up to 2024.

No increases (rather decreases) registered in:

* lifetime or current cannabis use
* perceived availability of cannabis
* early onset of cannabis use

Is #cannabis bad for mental health?

A new study finds strong evidence for a *bidirectional, causal link* between cannabis use disorder and psychiatric disorders.

However, occasional cannabis use was *not* causally linked to most pychiatric disorders (except ADHD).

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Da die Vermutung der "Nachfolge" immer mal wieder in den Raum gestellt wird und manche nicht selbst recherchieren wollen/können, hier ein Servicetweet.

Liebe Grüße vom UKE, wo 16.000 Personen an etwa 40 Kliniken arbeiten!

Die Koalition von Union und SPD möchte "eine ergebnisoffene Evaluierung des Gesetzes zur Legalisierung von Cannabis" durchführen.

Vermutlich wollen sie diese aber nicht selbst durchführen, sondern auf die Ergebnisse von EKOCAN warten :)

www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/ministerium/...