Cannabis use and suicidal ideation

David Fergusson, John Horwood, Jan C van Ours and Jenny Williams

No 9104, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: Globally, suicide has emerged as the second leading cause of death among youth aged 10-24 years old. In order to better understand the causes of this phenomenon, we investigate the relationship between suicidal ideation and cannabis use. Our empirical analysis is based on a 30 year longitudinal study of a birth cohort. We find that intensive cannabis use – at least several times per week – leads to a higher transition rate into suicidal ideation for males. We find no evidence that suicidal ideation leads to cannabis use for either males or females.

Keywords: Cannabis sue; Mental health; Suicidal ideation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 I10 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-08
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations Track citations by RSS feed

CEPR Discussion Papers are free to download for our researchers, subscribers and members. If you fall into one of these categories but have trouble downloading our papers, please contact us at subscribers@cepr.org

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:9104

Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from
http://www.cepr.org/pubs/dps/DP9104.asp
orders@cepr.org

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
Address: Centre for Economic Policy Research, 77 Bastwick Street, London EC1V 3PZ
Series data maintained by (repec@cepr.org).