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Impact of Marijuana Legalization in Colorado on Adolescent Emergency and Urgent Care Visits.

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Impact of Marijuana Legalization in Colorado on Adolescent Emergency and Urgent Care Visits. [1]
Article Date: 
Sunday, April 8, 2018

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  • Colorado [2]
  • youth [3]
  • emergency room [4]

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 = < .0001) 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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[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29609916
[2] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/colorado%2A
[3] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/youth
[4] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/emergency-room
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