A Framework for Clinicians
Treating Problematic Cannabis Use:
A Clinician’s Guide to Working with Ambivalent Students
Cannabis use is abundant and often missed by clinicians. This site is a guide on how to assess your client if their cannabis use is a problem for them. Drawing from direct practice in college counseling centers, this became evident through receiving multiple referrals of students who hadn't progressed in therapy or disclosed cannabis use at another counseling center. Whether you're a counseling center clinician, community provider, educator, or in a student practicum, you can implement change in your practice to better address problematic cannabis use.
Why does this matter?
Cannabis Use by Young Adults is at Record Levels
Use in the past 12 months
42.4%
Use in the past 30 days
28.7%
*Daily use defined at 20 or more days in the past 30 days.
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