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The perils of recreational marijuana use: relationships with mental health among emergency department patients

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2020
Introduction Marijuana is a commonly used drug in the United States. Many states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana. The effects of marijuana on mental health are unknown.
Catherine A. Marco, John Paul Detherage III, Ashley LaFountain, Megan Hanna, Justin Anderson, Rachel Rhee, Jacqueline Ziegman, Dennis Mann   +7 more
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Marijuana and e-cigarette use in a US national sample of 8th and 10th grade never-smokers of conventional cigarettes [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: E-cigarette use remains a controversial topic in public health and medicine. Historically, cigarette smoking was identified as a gateway to marijuana use among adolescents.
Maslowsky, Julie, Owotomo, Olusegun
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Investigating the associations of age of initiation and other psychosocial factors of singular alcohol, tobacco and marijuana usage on polysubstance use: analysis of a population-based survey in Jamaica

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives This study aimed to examine concurrent polysubstance use of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana and determine correlations with access to marijuana, friend and familial drug use habits, risk perception and the age of initiation associated with the ...
Patrice Whitehorne-Smith, Wendel Abel, Kunal Lalwani, Joni-Gaye McLeary, Neena Albarus   +4 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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Marijuana: Use Among Young Males and Health Outcomes

American Journal of Men's Health, 2009
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug by adolescents and young adults, with more males than females reporting marijuana use. The adolescent and young adult years represent a critical period for interventions to prevent marijuana use and abuse.
Melissa Pujazon-Zazik MD, MPH, M. Jane Park MPH   +1 more
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Marijuana use and health behaviors in a US clinic sample of patients with sickle cell disease.

PLoS ONE, 2020
IntroductionAs marijuana use becomes more common, it is essential clinicians understand the relationship between marijuana use and health behaviors.MethodsUsing a retrospective cohort of adolescents and adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) stratified ...
J Deanna Wilson, Lydia H Pecker, Sophie Lanzkron, Shawn M Bediako, Dingfen Han, Mary Catherine Beach   +5 more
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Prevalence of marijuana use in pregnant women with concurrent opioid use disorder or alcohol use in pregnancy

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2022
Background A quarter of pregnant women use alcohol, 6.5/1000 deliveries are affected by opioid use disorder (OUD), and the prevalence of cannabis use in pregnant women is increasing. However, marijuana co-exposure in polysubstance-using women is not well
Kimberly Page, Cristina Murray-Krezan, Lawrence Leeman, Mary Carmody, Julia M. Stephen, Ludmila N. Bakhireva   +5 more
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Understanding Rates of Marijuana Use and Consequences Among Adolescents in a Changing Legal Landscape. [PDF]

, 2017
Purpose of Review:There is not one answer to address whether marijuana use has increased, decreased, or stayed the same given changes in state legalization of medical and non-medical marijuana in the USA.
D'Amico, Elizabeth J, Pedersen, Eric R, Shih, Regina A, Tucker, Joan S   +3 more
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Marijuana use and repeated attempted suicide among senior high school students in Ghana: Evidence from the WHO Global School-Based Student Health Survey, 2012

General Psychiatry, 2020
Background The association between substance use including marijuana use and attempted suicide has been well documented. However, little is known about marijuana use and its association with attempted suicide repetition among young people in low-income ...
Nuworza Kugbey, George Ekem-Ferguson, Swithin Mustapha Swaray, Emmanuel Nii-Boye Quarshie   +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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