trauma exposure and that the relationship is bi-directional (Thompson et al., 2008), emphasizing the need to examine the relationship while considering temporality to better establish causation. Additionally, although the literature supports a clear relationship between trauma pathology and cannabis use, the existing literature often relies on the co-occurrence of PTSD and CUD, neglecting to consider the unique impact of trauma exposure independent of PTSD diagnosis, the contribution of different trauma exposures, and different levels of cannabis involvement as outcomes.
