"Long-Term Heavy Cannabis Use: Implications for Health Education" by David Shewan, Niall Coggans, Phil Dalgarno, and Lindsay Johnson Precis

In David Shewan, Niall Coggans, Phil Dalgarno, and Lindsay Johnson’s article, “Long-term Heavy Cannabis Use: implications for health education” (2004), suggest that cannabis has negative effects on heath that may link with psychiatric illness. They support and build the thesis with an introduction; talk about cannabis and mental health/dependence/repertory functioning; long-term cannabis users’ experiences and perceptions; methods; the sample of long-term cannabis users;  tables; amount and pattern of cannabis consumption/consumed; pattern of lifetime cannabis use; cannabis and health; perceived effects; reported effects; dependence on cannabis and other drugs; cannabis-related personal rules; information about cannabis; discussion; concluding comments; acknowledgements; and references. The purpose of the authors’ is to discuss the effects of long-term heavy cannabis use for health education. This is directed to mostly cannabis users and somewhat to any drug users or someone who wants to learn about the effects of cannabis and other drugs.

David Shewan, et al. "Long-Term Heavy Cannabis Use: Implications for Health Education." Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy 11.4 (2004): 299-313. Academic Search Premier. Web. 11 Mar. 2013.