Conditions: Cannabis Dependence
Keywords: Cannabis treatment marijuana treatment
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 50
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This is a study to evaluate the efficacy of the medication gabapentin in treating persons with cannabis dependence.

Detailed description:
This is a 12-week, double blind, placebo controlled, dose ranging study to evaluate the efficacy of gabapentin in treating outpatients with cannabis dependence. Counseling and research assessments occur weekly throughout the 12-week treatment phase.

Arms:
arm 1: 1200 mg/daily of Gabapentin arm 2: 1200mg/d of Placebo

Interventions: intervention 1: Placebo intervention 2: Gabapentin
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Placebo intervention 2: None

Protocol document: