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A Reinforcer Pathology Approach to Cannabis Misuse: Evaluation of Independent and Interactive Roles of Cannabis Demand and Delay Discounting in a Sample of Community Adults

Abstract

Cannabis use is prevalent and concerns about cannabis misuse are increasing. A reinforcer pathology approach emphasizes the roles of drug reinforcing value (demand) and overvaluation of immediate rewards (delay discounting [DD]) in drug use but has been applied to a lesser extent to cannabis. The present study investigated the independent and interactive roles of these processes in relation to cannabis misuse in a community sample of adult …

Authors

McIntyre-Wood C; Minhas M; Balodis I; Murphy JG; MacKillop J

Journal

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 584–592

Publisher

American Psychological Association (APA)

Publication Date

10 2022

DOI

10.1037/pha0000485

ISSN

1064-1297