{"id":3699,"date":"2023-08-02T16:50:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T06:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/cannabis-youth-homelessness\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:02:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:02:01","slug":"cannabis-youth-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/cannabis-youth-homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis &#038; Youth Homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<strong><em>(for 16-25 y.o. homelessness) linked to cannabis use disorder:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Homelessness is associated with cannabis use disorder more than all other drugs combined (including alcohol), Massachusetts General Hospital found in youth aged 16-25 years old experiencing homelessness. Rates of single and co-occurring psychiatric disorders and specific SUDs (cannabis use disorder [CUD] and alcohol use disorder [AUD]) were notably high. An increasing number of psychiatric diagnoses was significantly associated with elevated CUD\/AUD prevalence and severity. Mood, anxiety, attention-deficit\/hyperactivity, and antisocial personality disorders were si\u00e5gnific\u00e5antly associated with elevated CUD\/AUD prevalence and severity, as was suicidality (Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"#%20\" target=\"_blank\">American Academy of Child &amp; Adolescent Psychiatry<\/a>)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also see&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/exposure-to-cannabis-and-stress-in-adolescence-can-lead-to-anxiety-disorders-in-adulthood-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exposure to&nbsp;cannabis&nbsp;and&nbsp;stress in&nbsp;adolescence&nbsp;can lead to anxiety disorders in adulthood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/research-shows-cannabis-use-in-adolescents-linked-with-anxiety-and-memory-loss\/\">Research shows&nbsp;cannabis&nbsp;use in adolescents linked with anxiety&nbsp;and&nbsp;memory loss<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;(for 16-25 y.o. homelessness) linked to cannabis use disorder:&nbsp;Homelessness is associated with cannabis use disorder more than all other drugs combined (including alcohol), Massachusetts General Hospital found in youth aged 16-25 years old experiencing homelessness. Rates of single and co-occurring psychiatric disorders and specific SUDs (cannabis use disorder [CUD] and alcohol use disorder [AUD]) were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-3699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cannabis-conundrum","tag-cannabis-conundrum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}