HealthDay (7/28, Gotkine) reports a study found that “only 36.8 percent of adolescents diagnosed with cannabis use disorder (CUD) complete treatment.” The researchers “used data from the 2018 to 2021 Treatment Episode Data Set-Discharges, which included 40,054 adolescents diagnosed with CUD, to examine treatment outcomes and factors associated with treatment completion.” They found that “36.8 percent of adolescents completed treatment. Dropping out and transferring to another facility/program were the most common reasons for not completing treatment (28.4 and 17.0 percent, respectively). Male adolescents had a lower likelihood of completing treatment versus female adolescents.” The study was published in Pediatric Reports.
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Elana Gotkine, HealthDay , July 28, 2025