The Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG): A ready-made targeted prevention tool for cannabis in New Zealand
Cannabis use is common, especially among young people, and associated with risks for select acute and chronic adverse health and social outcomes. New Zealand features overall high cannabis use levels, yet may soon follow other jurisdictions and implement legalization of non-medical cannabis use and...
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| author | Benedikt Fischer Dimitri Daldegan-Bueno Ross Bell Joseph M. Boden Chris Bullen Michael Farrell Wayne Hall David Newcombe |
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| description | Cannabis use is common, especially among young people, and associated with risks for select acute and chronic adverse health and social outcomes. New Zealand features overall high cannabis use levels, yet may soon follow other jurisdictions and implement legalization of non-medical cannabis use and supply towards public health objectives. While existing cannabis-oriented interventions mainly focus on primary prevention and treatment (e.g., for dependence), key harms from use are crucially influenced by risk factors that can be modified by the user. On this basis, and similar to other health behavior-oriented interventions, ‘Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines’ (LRCUG), consisting of 10 recommendation clusters for lower-risk use, were systematically developed in Canada as an evidence-based, targeted prevention tool towards reducing adverse outcomes among cannabis users. We briefly summarize the concept of and experiences with implementation of the LRCUG elsewhere, and describe how their adoption as a population health intervention may serve public health goals of possible cannabis legalization in New Zealand and elsewhere. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac9dbfdacd0f483ba22f41bf1b3808902022-12-21T21:33:23ZengElsevierPublic Health in Practice2666-53522020-11-011100046The Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG): A ready-made targeted prevention tool for cannabis in New ZealandBenedikt Fischer0Dimitri Daldegan-Bueno1Ross Bell2Joseph M. Boden3Chris Bullen4Michael Farrell5Wayne Hall6David Newcombe7School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction (CARMHA), Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada; Corresponding author. Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 85 Park Rd, Grafton, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand.School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandNew Zealand Drug Foundation, Wellington, New ZealandDepartment of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New ZealandSchool of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; National Institute for Health Innovation, University of Auckland, Auckland New ZealandNational Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD), AustraliaCentre for Youth Substance Abuse, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Queensland University, Brisbane, AustraliaSchool of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD), AustraliaCannabis use is common, especially among young people, and associated with risks for select acute and chronic adverse health and social outcomes. New Zealand features overall high cannabis use levels, yet may soon follow other jurisdictions and implement legalization of non-medical cannabis use and supply towards public health objectives. While existing cannabis-oriented interventions mainly focus on primary prevention and treatment (e.g., for dependence), key harms from use are crucially influenced by risk factors that can be modified by the user. On this basis, and similar to other health behavior-oriented interventions, ‘Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines’ (LRCUG), consisting of 10 recommendation clusters for lower-risk use, were systematically developed in Canada as an evidence-based, targeted prevention tool towards reducing adverse outcomes among cannabis users. We briefly summarize the concept of and experiences with implementation of the LRCUG elsewhere, and describe how their adoption as a population health intervention may serve public health goals of possible cannabis legalization in New Zealand and elsewhere.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535220300458CannabisHealth behaviorLegalizationPreventionPublic healthRisk |
| spellingShingle | Benedikt Fischer Dimitri Daldegan-Bueno Ross Bell Joseph M. Boden Chris Bullen Michael Farrell Wayne Hall David Newcombe The Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG): A ready-made targeted prevention tool for cannabis in New Zealand Public Health in Practice Cannabis Health behavior Legalization Prevention Public health Risk |
| title | The Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG): A ready-made targeted prevention tool for cannabis in New Zealand |
| title_full | The Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG): A ready-made targeted prevention tool for cannabis in New Zealand |
| title_fullStr | The Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG): A ready-made targeted prevention tool for cannabis in New Zealand |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG): A ready-made targeted prevention tool for cannabis in New Zealand |
| title_short | The Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG): A ready-made targeted prevention tool for cannabis in New Zealand |
| title_sort | lower risk cannabis use guidelines lrcug a ready made targeted prevention tool for cannabis in new zealand |
| topic | Cannabis Health behavior Legalization Prevention Public health Risk |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535220300458 |
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