Cannabis Dependence: Its Nature, Consequences and Treatment

Minor rubbing. VG. xxx, 371 pp., Series: International Research Monographs in the Addictions. Contains 15 papers. Includes: The Nature of Cannabis Dependence: Themes in the history of cannabis dependence; The diagnosis of cannabis dependence; Understanding the pharmacology and physiology of cannabis dependence; The epidemiology of cannabis dependence; The adverse health and psychological consequences of cannabis dependence; Interventions with Cannabis-Dependent Adults: Cognitive behavioral and motivational enhancement treatments; Contingency-management interventions for cannabis dependence; The marijuana check-up; Guided self-change: a brief motivational intervention for cannabis abuse; Supportive-expressive psychotherapy for cannabis dependence; Interventions with Cannabis-Dependent Adolescents and Young Adults: The cannabis youth treatment study: the treatment models and preliminary findings; The teen cannabis check-up: exploring strategies for reaching young cannabis users; Engaging young probation-referred cannabis- abusing individuals in treatment ["Cannabis dependence is controversial. What are the health and behavioral risks of becoming cannabis-dependent? What counseling approaches have been tested with adults and adolescents, and how effective are they? What are the arguments for legalization, regulation, or prohibition? Looking back and toward the future, what do we know and what do we need to learn? This state-of-the-science review sets out to answer all such questions, beginning with an historical examination and moving into diagnosis, classification, epidemiology, public health, policy, issues relating to regulation and prohibition, and evidence-based.