Drawing the line on risky use of cannabis: Assessing problematic use with the ASSIST

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 322-332

  Davis, Christopher G ^a,c   Thomas, Gerald ^b   Jesseman, Rebecca ^c   Mazan, Ryan ^d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Assessment; Cannabis harms

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749094011     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350802334587     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Adlaf EM, Rehm J. 2005. Survey design and methodology. In: Adlaf EM, Begin P, Sawka E. editors. Canadian Addiction Survey (CAS): A national survey of Canadians' use of alcohol and other drugs: Prevalence of use and related harms: Detailed report. Ottawa: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse. Retrieved August 29, 2008 from:http://www.ccsa.ca/CCSA/EN/Research/2004_Canadian_Addiction_Survey/CanadianAddictionSurvey.htm
2. American Psychiatric Association. 1994. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. 4th ed. Washington, DC: Author.
3. Caspi A, Moffitt TE, Cannon M, McClay J, Murray R, Harrington H, Taylor A, Arsenault L, Williams B, Braithwaite A, et al. 2005. Moderation of the effect of adolescent-onset cannabis use on adult psychosis by a functional polymorphism in catechol-O-methyltransferase gene: Longitudinal evidence of a gene X environment interaction. Biological Psychiatry 57:1117-1127.
4. GNWT Bureau of Statistics (2007) 2006 NWT Addictions Survey: Technical Report, Yellowknife, Canada
5. GNWT Health and Social Services 2007. 2006 NWT Addictions Survey. Yellowknife, NWT: Author. Retrieved August 29, 2008 from: http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/reports/mental_health_and_addictions/2008/english/2006_nwt_addictions_reports.pdf
6. Grant I, Gonzalez R, Carey CL, Natarajan L, Wolfson T. 2003. Non-acute (residual) neurocognitive effects of cannabis use: A meta-analytic study. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 9:679-689.
7. Gruber AJ, Pope Jr. HG. 2002. Marijuana use among adolescents. Pediatric Clinics of North America 49:389-413.
8. Hall W, Johnston L, Donnelly N. 1999. Epidemiology of cannabis use and its consequences. In: Kalant H, Corrigall W, Hall W, Smart R, editors. The health effects of cannabis. Toronto, Canada: Addition Research Foundation. pp 71-125.
9. Humeniuk R, Ali R, Babor TF, Farrell M, Formigoni ML, Jittiwutikarn J, de Lacerda RB, Ling W, Marsden J, Monteiro M, et al. 2008. Validation of the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST). Addiction 103:1039-1047.
10. Humeniuk R, Ali R, and the WHO ASSIST Working Group. 2006. Validation of the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) and Pilot Brief Intervention: A technical report of Phase II findings of the WHO ASSIST Project. Retrieved October 10, 2006 from: http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/activities/assist_technicalreport_phase2_final.pdf.
11. Moore THM, Zammit S, Lingford-Hughes A, Barnes TRE, Jones PB, Burke M, Lewis G. 2007. Cannabis use and risk of psychotic or affective mental health outcomes: A systematic review. The Lancet 370:319-328.
12. Newcombe DAL, Humeniuk RE, Ali R. 2005. Validation of the World Health Organization Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST): Report of results from the Australian site. Drug and Alcohol Review 24:217-226.
13. Solowij, N. (1998) Cannabis and cognitive functioning, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
14. Thomas G, Flight J, Richard K, Racine S. 2006. Toward a policy-relevant typology of cannabis use for Canada: Analysis drawn from the 2004 Canadian Addiction Survey. Ottawa: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse. Retrieved August 29, 2008 from: http://www.ccsa.ca/NR/rdonlyres/A7E02FF4-B8DC-4250-B9A6-8E1504481E93/0/ccsa0113342006.pdf
15. Tjepkema M. 2004. Use of cannabis and other illicit drugs. Health Reports 15(4):43-47.
16. WHO ASSIST Working Group (2002). The Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST): Development, reliability, and feasibility. Addiction, 97, pp. 1183-1194.