Healthcare professionals and cannabis: knowledge, attitudes, and training

Guest edited by:

Yuval Zolotov, PhD, MHA, Division of General Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, United States

Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 3 November 2025

Journal of Cannabis Research is calling for submissions to our Collection on Healthcare professionals and cannabis: knowledge, attitudes, and training.

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Meet the Guest Editor

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Yuval Zolotov, PhD, MHA, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, United States

Dr. Yuval Zolotov's studies are focused on clinical outcomes among individuals who use medical cannabis, as well as the intersection of medical cannabis practices and policies and public health. His journey in the cannabis field started in 2007 when he assumed a pivotal role in successfully developing the medical cannabis industry in Israel since its inception. Switching from the industry to academia, he completed his MHA and a PhD in Public Health. His PhD thesis was titled "Medical Cannabis Recommendation: Understanding and Predicting Physicians' Behavior." Upon graduation he was recruited as a Senior Research Associate in the Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center at Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel). Since 2021, Dr. Zolotov has been a Research Fellow of Medicine at the Division of General Internal Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. A frequent speaker in scientific meetings and a published researcher, Yuval strongly believes in the importance of scientific evidence to the proper integration of cannabis into healthcare.

About the Collection

Journal of Cannabis Research is calling for submissions to our Collection on the latest advancements in “Healthcare professionals and cannabis: knowledge, attitudes, and training.” As the use of cannabis expands and societal attitudes continue to evolve, the role of healthcare professionals in understanding, recommending, and managing cannabis-related therapies and behaviors becomes increasingly vital. This Collection aims to explore the multifaceted interactions between healthcare providers and cannabis.
We invite original research, reviews, and perspectives on the following themes:
•   Knowledge: Assessments of perceived and objective knowledge levels of healthcare professionals about cannabis pharmacology, therapeutic benefits, and potential risks.
•   Awareness: Evaluations of awareness regarding current evidence-based guidelines and best practices for cannabis use in both clinical and non-clinical settings.
•   Attitudes and perceptions: healthcare providers’ beliefs and biases toward cannabis use, both medical and non-medical – and the potential influence of attitudes and personal experience on decision-making, patient interactions, and public health advisories.
•   Education: development and assessment of educational programs and curricula focused on cannabis in medical and public health education.
•   Training: identifying and overcoming gaps in cannabis-related training.
•   Clinical practices: the integration of cannabis into various medical specialties and clinical practices.
•   Patient care and communication: insights into how healthcare providers discuss cannabis use with patients, including strategies for effective communication and patient education on both medical and non-medical use.
•   Policy and regulation: the role of healthcare professionals in shaping and responding to cannabis policy changes affecting both medical and non-medical contexts.
•   Interdisciplinary approaches: collaborative efforts between different healthcare disciplines in managing cannabis-related patient care and public health initiatives.

This Special Collection serves as a platform for healthcare professionals, researchers, educators, policymakers, and public health experts to share their insights and advancements. By bringing together diverse perspectives and findings, we aim to enhance the collective understanding of how cannabis intersects with healthcare practice and public health, ultimately improving patient outcomes, informing public health strategies, and shaping future educational and policy initiatives.

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Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of Original research and Reviews. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal.

Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. Please, select the appropriate Collection title “Healthcare professionals and cannabis: knowledge, attitudes, and training" under the “Details” tab during the submission stage.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer-review process. The peer-review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.