Cannabis Users 'Have More Knowledge' of Drug Than Experts
Cannabis users seeking treatment often have an expertise about the drug which is leaving those trying to help them lagging behind, a conference has been told.
A group of national experts was told about the "inverted expertise" seen in users at a meeting at York University to exchange ideas on effective treatment.
The conference was told that there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people seeking treatment, with research showing there has been a 64% increase between 2005 and 2015 in England.
And cannabis has now overtaken heroin as the drug most likely to prompt calls for help.
But the increase in requests for treatment contrasts with the steady decline in the population's use of the drug, delegates were told.
Researchers at the University of York and the University of Leeds are investigating how services are responding to the increase in cannabis users seeking treatment.
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