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Over the past five years, we have led a pan-Canadian program to assess the impact of cannabis legalization and use on mental health. Our key findings synthesize results from 20 academic and 14 community-based research projects exploring the relationship between mental health and cannabis consumption, with a particular focus on priority populations and opportunities for ongoing research, policy, and practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These resources highlight progress toward that goal, including an overview of the scoping activities, research investments, knowledge mobilization activities, evaluation, investments, key partners, and what we have learned along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read our resources below, from the series \u201cClosing Research Gaps on Cannabis and Mental Health\u201d. These documents synthesize results from 20 academic and 14 community-based research projects exploring the relationship between mental health, a priority population or topic, and cannabis consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Closing Research Gaps on Cannabis and Mental Health: Opportunities for Future Research, Practice, and Policy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Closing Research Gaps on Cannabis and Mental Health: Research Challenges<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Closing Research Gaps on Cannabis and Mental Health: Veteran-Specific Findings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Closing Research Gaps on Cannabis and Mental Health: First Nations, Inuit, and M\u00e9tis<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Closing Research Gaps on Cannabis and Mental Health: Immigrant, Refugee, Ethnocultural, and Racialized Population Findings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Closing Research Gaps on Cannabis and Mental Health: Youth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Over the past five years, we have led a pan-Canadian program to assess the impact of cannabis legalization and use on mental health. 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