Tag: Marijuana

Adolescent cannabis abuse increased 245 percent since 2000, especially for edible products

Reduction seen in rate of one or more opioid days and in the rate of one or more pain-related hospital events

In age-matched analysis, marijuana smokers had higher rates of bronchial thickening, bronchiectasis, mucoid impaction than tobacco-only smokers

However, no significant differences seen in opioid use postoperatively between cannabis users and nonusers

PCE significantly linked to persisting vulnerability to psychopathology, with no change in associations by age

For young adults, high-intensity drinking, hallucinogens reached historically high prevalence; cigarette smoking, alcohol at historic lows

No significantly increased risk of respiratory-related emergency department use or hospitalization for cannabis users versus controls

Percent of patients with conditions that had substantial or conclusive evidence of therapeutic value decreased from 2016 to 2020

PM₂.₅ level increases with smoking in the home, decays gradually after smoking stops, and remains elevated indoors 12 hours later

Exposure linked to higher fat mass, fat-free mass, adiposity, and fasting glucose; no link seen with BMI, BMI z-score