The Authors’ Own Words: Trajectories of cannabis use beginning in adolescence associated with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in the midthirties

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Trajectories of cannabis use beginning in adolescence associated with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in the midthirties

Jung Yeon Lee, PhD; Judith S. Brook, EdD; Stephen J. Finch, PhD; & David W. Brook, MD

Substance Abuse Vol. 39, Iss. 1, 2018

“The findings provide information that PTSD symptoms in the mid 30s can possibly be reduced by decreasing the chronic cannabis use trajectory group, the late quitting trajectory group, and the moderate cannabis use trajectory group. The participants in the early quitting trajectory group who quit using cannabis by age 29 did not statistically differ from the participants who were in the no cannabis use trajectory group in terms of having PTSD symptoms at age 36. This study shows the important role that early quitting plays in reducing the probability of PTSD symptoms. Such information will serve as a guide to intervention programs for PTSD.”