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  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Brain & Mental Health Laboratory, Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences, MONASH University, Monash University
Men are more likely to use cannabis because of external factors such as peer use, and women for internal factors such as anxiety. Iriana Shiyan/Shutterstock

Men and women use cannabis for different reasons

Valentina Lorenzetti, Monash University and Adrian Carter, Monash University

Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug with more than 181 million consumers worldwide, three quarters of whom are men. Why do men and women use cannabis?

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