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Washington Poison Center Toxic Trends Report* 2016 Annual Cannabis Report 03/03/2017	The Washington Poison Center (WAPC) experienced another year of increased calls on marijuana exposures and poisonings. In 2016, there were 286 calls related to marijuana exposures*. Over 42% (n=120) of the total calls were regarding individuals 13-29 years who had been exposed to some form of marijuana. Highest marijuana exposure rates in 2016 were King, Spokane, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. 2016, Washington, poisoning
Washington Poison Center Toxic Trends Report* 2016 Annual Opioid Report 03/03/2017	The Washington Poison Center (WAPC) saw a slight increase in calls regarding opioid exposures in 2016 (n=1,696) compared to 2015 (n=1,672). Of the calls received, over 70% (n=1,199) of the exposures occurred in individuals 20 years of age or older. 2016, Washington, opioid
Past Month Marijuana Use 2016 12/20/2016	Past-Month Marijuana Use Mostly Steady From 1996 to 2016, past-month marijuana use was mostly steady among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders. In 2016, past-month use for each grade was: 12th grade: 22.5% 10th grade: 14.0% 8th grade: 5.4% 68.9 percent of high school seniors do not view regular marijuana smoking as harmful, but 68.5 percent say they disapprove of regular marijuana smoking. 2016, monitoring the future, marijuana use, youth use
DrugFacts—Monitoring the Future Survey: High School and Youth Trends 12/18/2016	This year, daily marijuana use exceeded cigarette use among 10th (2.5 vs. 1.9 percent) as well as 12th (6.0 vs. 4.8 percent) graders. monitoring the future, 2016, youth usage
Lawmakers look at the next steps for medical marijuana 12/13/2016	"If we don't aggressively seek to limit the use and sale of marijuana, our country and state as we know it will never be the same. Florida will be trading our beautiful white, sandy beaches filled with vacationing families for a hazy, skunk-smelling coastline laden with unemployable, unmotivated homeless people," said Teresa Miller, a drug prevention activist and founder of the "no2pot.org" website. Amendment 2, Senate, Florida, 2016, miller
Treat medical marijuana “like medicine,” advocates say 12/13/2016	Ellen Snelling, chairwoman of the Tampa Alcohol Coalition and member of the Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance, added that marijuana isn’t harmless, telling the panel of her teenage daughter’s decline into drug use after trying pot. Senate, 2016, Snelling, Amendment 2