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Cannabis use is associated with changes in psychological and functional well-being during young adulthood: evidence from self-reports and hair analyses

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2025
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Johnson-Ferguson, L., Loher, M., Bechtiger, L., Janousch, C., Baumgartner, M. R., Binz, T. M., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M., Quednow, B. B., & Shanahan, L. (2025). Cannabis use is associated with changes in psychological and functional well-being during young adulthood: evidence from self-reports and hair analyses. Psychological Medicine, 55, e246. https://doi.org/10.1017/s003329172510144x

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Background Cannabis use in young adulthood is common, yet few studies have explored how it predicts changes in psychopathology and functional well-being in community samples. We assessed these links using both self-reported frequency of cannabis use and hair THC concentrations.

Methods Data came from a community sample of young adults (N = 863) who reported cannabis use (weekly-to-daily use: n = 150) and provided hair samples at age 20 (cannabis detected: n = 110). Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry quantified delta-9-t

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55

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e246

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THC, cannabis, functional well-being, hair, psychopathology, young adulthood

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2025-08-26

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2026-01-29

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0033-2917

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Johnson-Ferguson et al. supplementary material: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/cannabis-use-is-associated-with-changes-in-psychological-and-functional-wellbeing-during-young-adulthood-evidence-from-selfreports-and-hair-analyses/3EC0C7EAD5447939007F18FB929FF853#supplementary-materials

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Johnson-Ferguson, L., Loher, M., Bechtiger, L., Janousch, C., Baumgartner, M. R., Binz, T. M., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M., Quednow, B. B., & Shanahan, L. (2025). Cannabis use is associated with changes in psychological and functional well-being during young adulthood: evidence from self-reports and hair analyses. Psychological Medicine, 55, e246. https://doi.org/10.1017/s003329172510144x

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