Impact of Marijuana Legalization in Colorado on Adolescent Emergency and Urgent Care Visits
| Autor: | George Sam Wang, Rakesh D. Mistry, Laurie Seidel Halmo, Sara Deakyne Davies, Amy E. Sass |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Marijuana Abuse Colorado Adolescent Urgent Cares 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Marijuana use 030225 pediatrics mental disorders medicine Ambulatory Care Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Legalization Cannabis Retrospective Studies Retrospective review Marijuana legalization business.industry Drug screens Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Emergency department Psychiatry and Mental health Health evaluation Family medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Marijuana Use business Emergency Service Hospital |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 63(2) |
| ISSN: | 1879-1972 |
| Popis: | Purpose Approximately 6%–8% of U.S. adolescents are daily/past-month users of marijuana. However, survey data may not reliably reflect the impact of legalization on adolescents. The objective was to evaluate the impact of marijuana legalization on adolescent emergency department and urgent cares visits to a children's hospital in Colorado, a state that has allowed both medical and recreational marijuana. Methods Retrospective review of marijuana-related visits by International Classification of Diseases codes and urine drug screens, from 2005 through 2015, for patients ≥ 13 and Results From 2005 to 2015, 4,202 marijuana-related visits were identified. Behavioral health evaluation was obtained for 2,813 (67%); a psychiatric diagnosis was made for the majority (71%) of these visits. Coingestants were common; the most common was ethanol (12%). Marijuana-related visits increased from 1.8 per 1,000 visits in 2009 to 4.9 in 2015. ( p = Conclusions Despite national survey data suggesting no appreciable difference in adolescent marijuana use, our data demonstrate a significant increase in adolescent marijuana-associated emergency department and urgent cares visits in Colorado. |
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