Cannabis

by Lee K, Freeburn B, Ella S, Miller W, Perry J, Conigrave K

Abstract

This chapter is from the Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work and provides information for alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers on cannabis, including:

• cannabis use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• how cannabis is used
• how cannabis effects the body
• how to recognise the harms from cannabis
• how to recognise cannabis dependence
• how to recognise cannabis withdrawal
• how to assess a client who uses cannabis
• how to help a client who uses cannabis
• reducing the harms is a client cannot or will not stop using cannabis
• preventing cannabis use.

Abstract adapted from the University of Sydney

Links

• View book: Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work (PDF - 3.9 MB)
  Cannabis - see chapter 4, pages 127-138
• View information: Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work
• View website: University of Sydney, Indigenous substance misuse program