Prevalence of recent cannabis use was stable from 2007 (6.7%, 95% CI 6.0%–7.3%) to 2020–22 (6.7%, 95% CI 6.2%–7.1%), as was CUD (1.0%, 95% CI 0.7%–1.3%; 0.6%, 95% CI 0.4%–0.8%). The relationship between younger age and CUD became stronger from 2007 to 2020–22 (OR 2.39, 95% CI 1.20–4.77).
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A clinician-guided review of a large cohort study examining adolescent past-year cannabis use and subsequent psychiatric diagnoses, including psychosis and bipolar disorder. This article explains what the study measures, what it does not measure, and why causality cannot be assumed despite meaningful association signals.