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Marijuana legalization and historical trends in marijuana use among US residents aged 12–25: results from the 1979–2016 National Survey on drug use and health

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. More and more states legalized medical and recreational marijuana use. Adolescents and emerging adults are at high risk for marijuana use.
Bin Yu, Xinguang Chen, Xiangfan Chen, Hong Yan   +3 more
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Birth Outcomes of Neonates Exposed to Marijuana in Utero

JAMA Network Open, 2022
This systematic review and meta-analysis compares adverse neonatal outcomes among mothers exposed to marijuana during pregnancy vs mothers not exposed to marijuana during pregnancy in 16 cohort studies.
Greg J. Marchand, A. Masoud, M. Govindan, K. Ware, A. King, S. Ruther, G. Brazil, H. Ulibarri, J. Parise, A. Arroyo, C. Coriell, S. Goetz, Amitis Karrys, K. Sainz   +13 more
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Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among Young Adults: A Scoping Review of Prevalence, Patterns, Psychosocial Correlates, and Consequences

Alcohol research : current reviews, 2022
BACKGROUND Alcohol and marijuana are commonly used by young adults, and use of both substances, particularly at the same time, is prevalent among this population.
Christine M. Lee, B. Calhoun, D. A. Abdallah, J. Blayney, Nicole R Schultz, Meg Brunner, Megan E. Patrick   +6 more
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The Public Health Effects of Legalizing Marijuana

Social Science Research Network, 2021
Thirty-six states have legalized medical marijuana and 18 states have legalized the use of marijuana for recreational purposes. In this paper, we review the literature on the public health consequences of legalizing marijuana, focusing on studies that ...
Mark Anderson, D. Rees
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Young adult use, dual use, and simultaneous use of alcohol and marijuana: An examination of differences across use status on marijuana use context, rates, and consequences.

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2021
Objective: Co-use of alcohol and marijuana has increased among college students, though comparisons among simultaneous (i.e., use of both substances such that effects overlap), dual (i.e., use of both substances within a similar time period but without ...
Alison Looby, Stimulant Norms, Prevalence Study Team, M. Prince, Margo C. Villarosa-Hurlocker, B. Conner, Ty S. Schepis, Adrian J. Bravo   +7 more
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Cannabis use among U.S. adolescents in the era of marijuana legalization: a review of changing use patterns, comorbidity, and health correlates

International Review of Psychiatry, 2020
Decriminalization, medicalization, and legalization of cannabis use by a majority of U.S. states over the past 25 years have dramatically shifted societal perceptions and use patterns among Americans. How marijuana policy changes have affected population-
C. Hammond, Aldorian Chaney, Brian S. Hendrickson, Pravesh Sharma   +3 more
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Consequences of alcohol and marijuana use among college students: Prevalence rates and attributions to substance-specific versus simultaneous use.

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2020
College students who use alcohol and marijuana often use them simultaneously, so that their effects overlap. The present study examined whether negative consequences experienced by simultaneous alcohol and marijuana (SAM) users vary from those ...
K. Jackson, Alexander W. Sokolovsky, R. Gunn, H. White   +3 more
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The Impact of Marijuana on the Cardiovascular System: A Review of the Most Common Cardiovascular Events Associated with Marijuana Use

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020
With the expanded legalization of marijuana, its medical and recreational use have sharply increased over the past decade. A wide array of new forms of cannabis is available on the market today, and the potencies are ten times those of forms previously ...
Z. Latif, N. Garg
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Association Between Recreational Marijuana Legalization in the United States and Changes in Marijuana Use and Cannabis Use Disorder From 2008 to 2016.

JAMA psychiatry, 2019
Importance Little is known about changes in marijuana use and cannabis use disorder (CUD) after recreational marijuana legalization (RML). Objectives To examine the associations between RML enactment and changes in marijuana use, frequent use, and CUD ...
M. Cerdá, Christine M Mauro, A. Hamilton, Natalie S. Levy, Julián Santaella-Tenorio, D. Hasin, M. Wall, K. Keyes, S. Martins   +8 more
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Perspectives of illicit marijuana growers and traders on commercial legalisation of marijuana in South Africa: considerations for policy formulation

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background Over the years, there has been a clarion call for legalising marijuana cultivation and trading for commercial purposes in South Africa. Proponents of the call argue that the criminalisation of commercial marijuana cultivation and trading has ...
Emmanuel Manu, Mbuyiselo Douglas, Mohlomi Jafta Ntsaba, Elvis Enowbeyang Tarkang   +3 more
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