Cannabis

Cannabis use among college students has reached its highest point in 30 years with 43% of students reporting use within the past year, and 26% within the past 30 days (Schulenberg et al., 2020). The high prevalence of cannabis use is a major public health concern due to the range of unwanted consequences, including risk for cannabis use disorder, that can result from regular cannabis use (cf. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2017). Often journals reject college student samples as convenience samples, however, for cannabis, college students are among those at highest risk for cannabis-related negative consequences. This can result in undergraduate and graduate students having trouble finding journals amenable to publishing findings from well conducted theses and dissertations using college student data.

 

We understand that publishing early in one’s career is critical to continued success. Thus, this special issue is dedicated to publishing research on college student cannabis use across domains, and we are especially seeking student lead author submissions.

 

We will consider original reports, brief reports, reviews, and opinion pieces. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

 

• Predictors and outcomes of college student cannabis use.

• Effects of cannabis use on social, occupational, educational, relational, and health outcomes.

• Cross-sectional, longitudinal, and intensive longitudinal studies are welcome.

• Scale development, measurement, and psychometric studies

• Multi-site studies both domestic and international

• Etiology of college student cannabis use

• Epidemiological studies

• Clinical trials

• Health disparities

• Research with underrepresented populations (e.g., sexual and gender minority students, racial and ethnic minority students, intersections of identities)

 

Please direct questions about potential articles to the special issue editor, Dr. Mark Prince, at Mark.Prince@colostate.edu. Emails to Dr. Prince about an intention to submit are strongly encouraged prior to the submission deadline.

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One final note: if you submit a paper, we will also ask you to review one. This is an important experience for both seasoned and new scientists. If you are a student, we ask that you seek mentorship on the review, including from someone on the Cannabis editorial board. If you are the first author of a submitted manuscript and you agree to review a manuscript, then we will waive your RSMj membership fee for 2023.