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Colorado community pharmacists’ survey and their perspectives regarding marijuana

SAGE Open Medicine, 2020
Objectives: With one of the highest prevalence rates for marijuana use in the United States, Colorado provides a great opportunity for insight on common encounters with consumers in the community pharmacy setting.
Leticia A. Shea, Micheline A. Goldwire, David Hymel, Doan Bui   +3 more
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Is marijuana use associated with decreased use of prescription opioids? Toxicological findings from two US national samples of drivers

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2020
Background State governments in the United States are increasingly viewing marijuana legalization as a policy option for controlling the opioid epidemic under the premise that marijuana is a less harmful substitute for opioids.
Guohua Li, Stanford Chihuri
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Psychoactive prescription drug use and misuse in patients on opioid agonist treatment

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims To identify the patterns and trends in prescription drug use and misuse in patients on opioid agonist treatment. Methods We used data from the OPPIDUM programme, which collects data from patients attending substance abuse treatment facilities. Data collected include use of psychoactive prescription drugs in the past week.
Thomas Soeiro, Clémence Lacroix, Élisabeth Jouve, Élisabeth Frauger, Maryse Lapeyre‐Mestre, Joëlle Micallef   +5 more
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The grass is not always greener: a multi-institutional pilot study of marijuana use and acute pain management following traumatic injury

Patient Safety in Surgery, 2018
Background Widespread legislative efforts to legalize marijuana have increased the prevalence of marijuana use and abuse. The effects of marijuana on pain tolerance and analgesic pain management in the acute pain setting have not been reported.
Kristin Salottolo, Laura Peck, Allen Tanner II, Matthew M. Carrick, Robert Madayag, Emmett McGuire, David Bar-Or   +6 more
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Medical marijuana laws and adolescent marijuana use in the United States: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

Addiction, 2018
Aims To conduct a systematic review and meta‐analysis of studies in order to estimate the effect of US medical marijuana laws (MMLs) on past‐month marijuana use prevalence among adolescents.
Aaron L Sarvet, M. Wall, David S. Fink, E. Greene, Aline Le, Anne E. Boustead, R. Pacula, K. Keyes, M. Cerdá, S. Galea, D. Hasin   +10 more
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Drug poisonings following bariatric surgery: Case series report

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Bariatric surgery alters gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology, which likely impacts upon oral medication absorption. Drug‐ and alcohol‐related deaths in this population are being increasingly reported; however, toxicological detail is lacking. Using data reported to the National Programme on Substance Use Mortality, we identified 18 deaths in people
Eman Mshari, Fannie LaJeunesse‐Trempe, Stephen Morley, Caroline Copeland   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptions of Patient and Surgeon Marijuana Use: A Survey Study of Upper-Extremity Patients

Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online
Purpose: The Drug Enforcement Agency has categorized marijuana as a schedule 1 substance. In states where marijuana is legal, health care systems and licensing boards restrict usage by health care professionals outside of work, unlike alcohol ...
Andrew Cross, MD, Mahmoud Mahmoud, MBBS, Yagiz Ozdag, MD, Jessica L. Koshinski, BS, Victoria C. Garcia, PhD, C. Liam Dwyer, MD, Joel C. Klena, MD, Louis C. Grandizio, DO   +7 more
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The impact of recreational marijuana commercialization on traumatic injury

Injury Epidemiology, 2019
Background The medical legalization of marijuana has been shown to result in an increased risk of motor vehicle injuries. In Colorado, commercialization of recreational marijuana (initiation of retail sales) occurred on January 1, 2014, resulting in the ...
Christine Chung, Kristin Salottolo, Allen Tanner, Matthew M. Carrick, Robert Madayag, Gina Berg, Mark Lieser, David Bar-Or   +7 more
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Low‐dose cannabidiol increases plasma concentrations of amitriptyline: A clinical drug–drug interaction study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Cannabidiol (CBD), the main non‐intoxicating compound from the cannabis plant, is regularly used by patients with chronic pain who also take analgesics. CBD has previously been shown to inhibit CYP‐mediated drug metabolism. This study aimed to characterize the potential pharmacokinetic interaction of CBD with amitriptyline and tramadol ...
Andriy A. Gorbenko, Titiaan E. Post, Pamela K. Strugala, Erica S. Klaassen, Linda E. Klumpers, Saco J. de Visser, Cristina Sempio, Jost Klawitter, Jules A. A. C. Heuberger, Geert J. Groeneveld   +9 more
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Patterns of Marijuana Use and Health Impact: A Survey Among Older Coloradans

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2019
Access to recreational and medical marijuana is common in the United States, particularly in states with legalized use. Here, we describe patterns of recreational and medical marijuana use and self-reported health among older persons using a ...
Hillary D. Lum MD, PhD, Kanika Arora PhD, J. Alton Croker MA, Sara H. Qualls PhD, Melissa Schuchman MA, Julie Bobitt PhD, Gary Milavetz PharmD, Brian Kaskie PhD   +7 more
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