RT Journal Article
T1 Evolution of marijuana research at the biopsychosocial level: a general view
A1 Sixto Costoya, Andrea
A1 García Zorita, José Carlos
A1 Valderrama Zurián, Juan Carlos
A1 Sanz Casado, Elías
A1 Serrano López, Antonio Eleazar
AB In recent years, there have been important changes related to marijuana use at the therapeutic, legislative, and social levels. Our goal is to know how they have infuenced scientifcresearch through the articles published in the Health Sciences journals in the last two decades (2001–2020). Marijuana articles included in the Web of Science Core Collection wereretrieved, including their PubMed identifer (PMID) which was used to check whetherthese articles were also indexed in PubMed, obtaining a total of 36,982 documents. After,their descriptive terms (MeSH) on the specifc branches of Chemicals and Drugs, Psychiatry and Psychology, and Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena wereextracted to (1) conduct a correspondence analysis between terms and years to know thetemporary evolution and (2) study the frequency per years of the terms “marijuana abuse,”“marijuana use,” and “medical marijuana.” The temporary analysis of the three branchesshowed a change in the use of terms from those more punitive to others more generic, morerelated to therapeutic issues, or more normalizing. The analysis of frequency showed thatthe most recent terms “marijuana use” and “medical marijuana” have gained weight on“marijuana abuse.” Starting with research on the negative consequences and ending withelements related to legislation and the therapeutic possibilities of marijuana shows a trendthat has not been observed for any other drug. It would be advisable for scientifc researchand policy actions to take this into account in the development of prevention programs.
PB Springer
SN 1557-1874
YR 2023
FD 2023-09-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/39089
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/39089
LA eng
NO The authors are grateful for the funding and support of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Professional Training (MS21-020); the Valencian Regional Ministry of Innovation, Universities, Science and Digital Society, and the Carlos III University of Madrid (BEST/2020/121); the Servicio de Adicciones (PMD/UPCCA-Valencia), Concejalía de Sanidad y Consumo, Ajuntament de València; and the funding from the Ministry of Science and Innovation for the DOSSUET project “Diagnóstico de la OS en la universidad española e instrumentos para su transformación y mejora” PID2019-104052RB-C21.
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