Report Summarizes Tetrahydrocannabinol Study Findings from Hospital Sant Joan de Deu (Motives matter: predictive value of cannabis use motives in adolescents with dual disorders - A longitudinal study).

This article focuses on research conducted in Barcelona, Spain, examining the motives behind cannabis use and their association with clinical severity and outcomes in adolescents with cannabis use disorder (CUD) and psychiatric comorbidity. The study involved 235 adolescents aged 13-18 meeting DSM-5 criteria for CUD, assessing cannabis use motives via the Marijuana Motives Measure and tracking clinical outcomes over six months. Findings indicated that coping motives correlated with greater baseline severity, enhancement motives predicted lower severity and abstinence at six months, and conformity motives predicted abstinence at three months, while social and expansion motives showed no significant associations. The research suggests that specific cannabis use motives have selective and time-dependent links to clinical outcomes, highlighting the potential value of motives in clinical characterization and risk stratification in adolescent substance use treatment. [Extracted from the article]