Drawing on his own struggle with drug addiction, researcher Musa Aminu is studying cannabis use disorder, and why what may be good for some is not good for everyone. 3
Cannabis use disorder is defined as a psychiatric disorder in the fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and ICD-10 as the continued use of cannabis despite clinically significant impairment. (ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, a medical classification list by the World Health Organization.)
Aminu is a second-year PhD student in the department of human physiology at Nelson Mandela University. He was selected to participate in the prestigious Shango Fellowship, which nurtures emerging thought leaders from Africa and focuses on decolonising African research and medicine development.
Full article here by Musa Aminu
