The changing landscape of cannabis use with its legalization and decriminalization in many countries necessitates increasing knowledge on the neurocognitive outcomes for adolescents who engage in cannabis use. In particular, preferences for forms and methods of cannabis use are changing rapidly, but the effects of these forms and routes of administration during adolescence on cognitive functioning remains largely unknown. The purpose of this research topic is to invite original research articles and review papers on the topic of cannabis use and neurocognitive functioning in youth. We are particularly interested in studies that address one or more of the following:
1) Longitudinal methods
2) Neuroimaging methods that examine brain and behavior relationships
3) Quantification and measurement of cannabis use in adolescents
4) Models of risk for and/or consequences of cannabis use
5) Cross-cultural comparisons of adolescent cannabis users
6) Sex differences in cannabis use and neurocognitive functioning
7) Concurrent use of cannabis and alcohol, nicotine, or other substances on neurocognitive functioning
Keywords:
cannabis, cannabis use, adolescents, neurocognitive functioning, neurocognitive outcomes
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All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
The changing landscape of cannabis use with its legalization and decriminalization in many countries necessitates increasing knowledge on the neurocognitive outcomes for adolescents who engage in cannabis use. In particular, preferences for forms and methods of cannabis use are changing rapidly, but the effects of these forms and routes of administration during adolescence on cognitive functioning remains largely unknown. The purpose of this research topic is to invite original research articles and review papers on the topic of cannabis use and neurocognitive functioning in youth. We are particularly interested in studies that address one or more of the following:
1) Longitudinal methods
2) Neuroimaging methods that examine brain and behavior relationships
3) Quantification and measurement of cannabis use in adolescents
4) Models of risk for and/or consequences of cannabis use
5) Cross-cultural comparisons of adolescent cannabis users
6) Sex differences in cannabis use and neurocognitive functioning
7) Concurrent use of cannabis and alcohol, nicotine, or other substances on neurocognitive functioning
Keywords:
cannabis, cannabis use, adolescents, neurocognitive functioning, neurocognitive outcomes
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.