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In order to supplement the existing psychosocial treatments on substance abuse, the researchers from Brown University conducted a study on the efficacy of the drug topiramate for treating the use of cannabis in adolescents.
The findings of their study showed that by incorporating the use of the drug topiramate in the treatment together with psychological counseling, particularly the motivational enhancement therapy (MET), the use of marijuana among the youth smokers was suppressed in a significant level as compared to a treatment, which only involves counseling alone, says a public release from EurekAlert.
There is one catch, however. Most of the youth smokers who participated in the study were not able to put up with the adverse medication side effects from topiramate.
"The positive news is it did seem to have some effect and that effect seemed to really be focused on helping people reduce how much they smoke
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