Marijuana Use Drives Dramatic Rise in ED Visits Among Older Adults in CA
The researchers found that marijuana related ED visits among older adults increased over 1,800% during this period, from 366 visits in 2005 to 12,167 visits in 2019.
Australian Study Demonstrates Consequences of Youth Marijuana Use
Researchers in Australia released the results of a new study examining the consequences of long-term marijuana use that began in adolescence or young adulthood. A total of 1,792 participants were included in the longitudinal study spanning 20 years (from ages 15-35). Investigators found that compared to non-users, both young‐adult and adolescent‐onset regular users were 20 times more likely to have used other illicit drugs, 4 times more likely be heavy drinkers, and 7 times more likely to be daily tobacco smokers. There were also less than half as likely as non-users to be in romantic relationships. Dr. Sharif Mohr, epidemiologist [...]
Marijuana may be worse for teen brains than alcohol, study finds
Teen brains are more vulnerable to the effects of marijuana than alcohol, a new study finds.
Systemic review of systemic reviews finds numerous and diverse harms with marijuana use
Researchers attempted to assess the global harms associated with marijuana use and potentially define risky marijuana use in a systematic review of systematic reviews.
Large scoping review of hundreds of studies confirms lack of evidence to support marijuana as medicine; harms outweigh benefits.
Since passage of California’s compassionate care act of 1996, intended to allow terminally ill patients to use marijuana for its purported ability to prevent wasting and reduce nausea, many states have passed similar legislation allowing physicians to recommend medical marijuana for a large number of conditions despite having no evidence to support such recommendations. Earlier this week a large scoping review of marijuana as a treatment for a wide variety of medical conditions was published in the Journal of Systematic Reviews. The review included evidence from 72 systematic reviews (of hundreds of studies) and confirmed that there was no clinical [...]
Parental marijuana use associated with increased risk of substance use among adolescent and young adult offspring.
With legalization gaining traction around the country, more and more states are opting to legalize marijuana for recreational use, much to the detriment of youth and young adults. We know from the large-scale natural experiments being conducted in CO, OR, CA, WA and other states that marijuana legalization results in a large increase in adult use--many of whom are parents. Previous research has shown that adolescents whose parents and peers use marijuana are more likely to use marijuana themselves. According to a newly published study in JAMA by Bertha Madras and colleagues, parental marijuana use was associated with increased risk [...]
The researchers found that marijuana related ED visits among older adults increased over 1,800% during this period, from 366 visits in 2005 to 12,167 visits in 2019.
Researchers in Australia released the results of a new study examining the consequences of long-term marijuana use [...]
Teen brains are more vulnerable to the effects of marijuana than alcohol, a new study finds.
Researchers attempted to assess the global harms associated with marijuana use and potentially define risky marijuana use in a systematic review of systematic reviews.
Since passage of California’s compassionate care act of 1996, intended to allow terminally ill patients to use [...]
With legalization gaining traction around the country, more and more states are opting to legalize marijuana for [...]
