Cannabis Use Disorder
When cannabis use starts to interfere with sleep, work, mood, or relationships.
What to know. Usually mild to moderate; high-potency products and daily use raise risk.
What major medical bodies recommend first when this condition is the focus of care.
Off-label medications can be used in addition to behavioral therapy.
How clinicians think about it.
The DSM-5 lists eleven signs grouped into four areas. The number that fit in the past year suggests a severity — not a verdict.
- ·Using more than meant to
- ·Wanting to cut down
- ·Time spent using
- ·Cravings
- ·Trouble at work / school
- ·Relationship strain
- ·Giving up activities
- ·Risky situations
- ·Using despite harm
- ·Tolerance
- ·Withdrawal
Plainly: what makes this condition dangerous.
Disrupted sleep on stopping
Anxiety, irritability, low appetite during withdrawal
Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome with heavy daily use
What's offered, and what we usually start with.
Used to reduce use and manage withdrawal symptoms like disrupted sleep, irritability, and low appetite.
Supplementary support. Strong evidence for cannabis use disorder.
Short, structured. Helpful for ambivalence.
Asked often, answered briefly.
For many people it's low-risk. For some — especially heavy daily users of high-THC products — it causes real problems. Both can be true.