Treatment Implications Associated with Cannabis and Tobacco Co-Use.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of the review

The goal of this article is to summarize the treatment-focused literature on cannabis and tobacco co-use and the treatment implications of co-use. This review will focus on: 1) the impact of co-use on cessation outcomes, 2) compensatory use/substitution of the non-treated substance among co-users, and 3) treatment interventions to address co-use. This article will highlight the limitations to co-use captured in the literature and offer considerations and directives for co-use research and treatment moving forward.

Recent findings

The degree to which co-use affects cessation for a single, targeted substance remains in question, as the literature is largely mixed. Cannabis treatment trials are better equipped to answer these questions given that they do n

SUBMITTER: McClure EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7992053 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature