- State Cannabis Legalization and Trends in Cannabis-Related Disorders in US Older Adults, 2017 to 2022 2024 June 18
- Trends in emergency department visits associated with cannabis use among older adults in California, 2005–2019 2023 Jan 09
- Cannabis-Involved Emergency Department Visits Among Persons Aged <25 Years Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, 2019–2022 2023 July 14
- Trends and characteristics of cannabis-associated emergency department visits in the United States, 2006-2018. 2022 Jan 10
- Changes in Rates of Hospitalizations due to Cannabis Harms in Ontario, Canada Before the Legalization of Nonmedical Cannabis: Retrospective Population-level Study Between 2003 and 2017 2022 May/June 16
- Recent Trends in Marijuana-Related Hospital Encounters in Young Children, 2022 May-June
- Cannabis use and risks of respiratory and all-cause morbidity and mortality: a population-based, data-linkage, cohort study 2022 June 26
- Michigan EDs See Jump in Cannabis-Related Neuropsychiatric Toxicity 2021, October 30
- Legalized Cannabis in Colorado Emergency Departments: A Cautionary Review of Negative Health and Safety Effects 2019, June 3
- Trends and Related Factors of Cannabis-Associated Emergency Department Visits in the United States: 2006-2014 2019. May/June 13
- Acute Illness Associated With Cannabis Use, by Route of Exposure 2019, April 16
- Emergency Department Visits From Edible Versus Inhalable Cannabis 2019, April 16
Michigan EDs See Jump in Cannabis-Related Neuropsychiatric Toxicity
Ryan Basen, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today October 30, 2021
Community-based study reports “troublesome” data in state that legalized marijuana for adults. Neuropsychiatric toxicity (NPS) was common among patients presenting with cannabis toxicity to Michigan emergency departments (EDs), and they were more likely to also have used other substances, a researcher reported….
Legalized Cannabis in Colorado Emergency Departments: A Cautionary Review of Negative Health and Safety Effects
Brad A. Roberts, MD Published online 2019 Jun 3. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2019.4.39935
Cannabis legalization has led to significant health consequences, particularly to patients in emergency departments and hospitals in Colorado. The most concerning include psychosis, suicide, and other substance abuse. Deleterious effects on the brain include decrements in complex decision-making, which may not be reversible with abstinence…
Acute Illness Associated With Cannabis Use, by Route of Exposure
Andrew A. Monte, MD, PhD, Shelby K. Shelton, MPH, Eleanor Mills, BS, Jessica Saben, PhD …
Annals of Internal Medicine 16 April 2019
There were 9973 visits with an ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM code for cannabis use. Of these, 2567 (25.7%) visits were at least partially attributable to cannabis, and 238 of those (9.3%) were related to edible cannabis. Visits attributable to inhaled cannabis were more likely to be for cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (18.0% vs. 8.4%), and visits attributable to edible cannabis were more likely to be due to acute psychiatric symptoms (18.0% vs. 10.9%), intoxication (48% vs. 28%), and cardiovascular symptoms (8.0% vs. 3.1%)…
Emergency Department Visits From Edible Versus Inhalable Cannabis
Nora D. Volkow, MD and Ruben Baler, PhD
Annals of Internal Medicine 16 April 2019
The legalization of cannabis in a growing number of states coupled with the perception that marijuana is an innocuous drug has led to significant increases in cannabis consumption, both for its recreational properties and for its alleged medicinal properties. However, cannabis use is associated with adverse health effects (1), and cannabis-related emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions have increased (2)…
