This list is designed to help primary health care & clinical care providers assess and discuss with persons aged 65 or older, the potential risks and benefits of taking cannabis. It also contains information on how to support primary care providers in safely discontinuing, starting or managing cannabis use.

Cannabis Stats Hub

General statistical health information about cannabis.
Statistics Canada

Cannabis Information for Older Adults

Clinical conversation starters for cannabis use and aging
Ottawa Public Health

Cannabasics – Plant and Products

Clinical conversations starters for the differences
Canadian Public Health Association

Cannabasics – Methods of Consumption

Cannabasics – Understanding Consumption

Cannabasics – Harm Reduction

Clinical conversations starters for the differences between modes of consumption
Canadian Public Health Association

Cannabis: Lower Your Risks

Thinking about using cannabis recreationally? How to start low and go slow
Government of Canada

Always read the label

Important information about cannabis label reading
Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

Health Effects of Cannabis

Important information about cannabis and driving
Government of Canada

Cannabis use, effects and risks

Clinical information about the health effects of cannabis
Government of Canada

Information for Health Care Professionals: Cannabis (marihuana, marijuana) and the cannabinoids

Government of Canada

Screening

The Cannabis Use Disorder Identification Test – Revised (CUDIT-R)

The CUDIT screening tool for Cannabis Use Disorder
Best Practice Advocacy Centre New Zealand

Assessment

Review of the Validity and Significance of Cannabis Withdrawal Syndrome

Evidence on Cannabis Withdrawal Syndrome
The American Journal of Psychiatry