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J Clin Psychiatry 2018;79(6):17m11977m 10.4088/JCP.17m11977 © Copyright 2018 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. Objective: Associations between adolescent cannabis use and poor neurocognitive functioning have been reported from cross-sectional studies that cannot determine causality. Prospective designs can assess whether extended cannabis abstinence has a beneficial effect on cognition. Conclusions: This study suggests that cannabis abstinence is associated with improvements […]

Lauren M. Jansson, MD1; Chloe J. Jordan, PhD2; Martha L. Velez, MD1 JAMA. Published online July 16, 2018. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.8401  Increasing public attention has recently been paid to the opioid epidemic and attendant effects on prenatally exposed infants and children. 1Current literature has emerged proposing marijuana as a safe alternative to opioids in addressing pain 2 and cannabis legalization as a way to decrease opioid fatalities. 3 As a

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