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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Recreational cannabis"”.
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Destigmatising the recreational cannabis industry
Cannabis is the world's most cultivated, trafficked and used illicit drug, and the move towards its legalisation has given rise to a nascent industry that is attracting increasing attention from investors, manufacturers, and researchers. Due to the plant maintaining its illegal and stigmatised …
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From seed to sale
The history of cultivating cannabis can be traced back to at least the 3rd millennium BCE, as evidence suggests it was consumed for psychoactive effects at least 2,500 years ago in the Pamir Mountains in central Asia. Viewed quite negative in recent centuries though, cannabis is currently illegal …
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Selective Studies on the Challenges of Cannabis Use in Children, Youth and Young Adults
The legalization of medical and recreational cannabis in Canada poses several challenges and opportunities in children, youth, and young adults. A clear understanding of the challenges and opportunities, though, remains elusive as cannabis use in younger people is vastly understudied. An evidence …
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A preliminary examination of young adults’ attitudes and perceptions of Cannabis Tourism
Cannabis Tourism is an emerging concept within the hospitality industry that is prevalent to the in the states in which recreational cannabis use is legal. Cannabis Tourism is defined as an individual who is traveling greater than or equal to 75 miles from where they reside with the intention to …
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Three Essays in Health Economics: Policy and Natural Shocks in Healthcare Provision and Patient Outcomes
… of the recent changes in state medical and recreational cannabis access laws in the United States on health care utilization. The liberalization of access to cannabis may enable patients to substitute cannabis for another prescription and non-prescription health care services. The results …
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Cannabis-Infused Dreams: A Market at the Crossroads of Criminal and Conventional
… In this dissertation, I use the emerging recreational cannabis market as a case of a morally contested market to present three empirical chapters that together, begin to address this gap by highlighting the central role employees play in the moral and social construction of markets. …
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Illicit Drug Use and Unmet Healthcare Needs In Ontario: An Exploratory Study
… and to determine if the decriminalisation of recreational cannabis consumption had any significant effects on the unmet healthcare needs of the cannabis-using population. Methods: Data from the 2017-2018 and 2019-2020 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) cycles were used to perform this …
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Promoting self-change in cannabis use disorder
… interviewing (MI) for the treatment of cannabis use disorder (CUD). But, most individuals will not seek treatment and available treatments are often only provided to more severe cases. The overarching aim of this dissertation was to advance our understanding of efficacious treatments for …
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Discovering Heterogeneous Causal Effects in Relational Data
… network. Using Twitter opinions, I test whether recreational cannabis legalization impacts the development of pro-cannabis attitudes for the population in favor of tobacco vaping, and analyze heterogeneity of causal effects for different states implementing the policy and time since legalization. …
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Young adults’ phenomenological meanings of cannabis and leisure, cannabis risk-benefits and optimization of drug education
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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The Effects of Cannabis sativa on the Sperm Epigenome
… of the consequences of preconception exposure to cannabis. As the most commonly used illicit psychoactive drug, cannabis prevalence is rapidly increasing across the United States (US), and consumers are increasingly perceiving it as safe. Recreational cannabis use is especially common among …