TY - JOUR AU - Zielinski, Laura AU - Bhatt, Meha AU - Sanger, Nitika AU - Plater, Carolyn AU - Worster, Andrew AU - Varenbut, Michael AU - Daiter, Jeff AU - Pare, Guillaume AU - Marsh, David C. AU - Desai, Dipika AU - MacKillop, James AU - Steiner, Meir AU - McDermid Vaz, Stephanie AU - Thabane, Lehana AU - Samaan, Zainab PY - 2017 DA - 2017/03/30 TI - Association between cannabis use and methadone maintenance treatment outcomes: an investigation into sex differences JO - Biology of Sex Differences SP - 8 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - Cannabis will soon become legalized in Canada, and it is currently unclear how this will impact public health. Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is the most common pharmacological treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), and despite its documented effectiveness, a large number of patients respond poorly and experience relapse to illicit opioids. Some studies implicate cannabis use as a risk factor for poor MMT response. Although it is well established that substance-use behaviors differ by sex, few of these studies have considered sex as a potential moderator. The current study aims to investigate sex differences in the association between cannabis use and illicit opioid use in a cohort of MMT patients. SN - 2042-6410 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-017-0130-1 DO - 10.1186/s13293-017-0130-1 ID - Zielinski2017 ER -