ED – Marijuana Impact Group https://themig.org Marijuana Impact Group Tue, 17 Oct 2023 19:54:40 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://themig.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/logo_reduced-150x150.png ED – Marijuana Impact Group https://themig.org 32 32 Marijuana: A Leading Drug in Emergency Room Visits https://themig.org/marijuana-a-leading-drug-in-emergency-room-visits/ Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:09:28 +0000 https://www.thenmi.org/?p=7137 Marijuana was identified as being among the top five drugs associated to drug-related Emergency Department (ED) visits in 2021. 

The top five drugs identified in this report were alcohol, opioids, methamphetamine, marijuana, and cocaine. In cases where more than one drug was involved, marijuana again was identified in the top six drugs along with alcohol, methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. Marijuana was associated to over eleven percent of all drug-related ED visits behind alcohol, opioids, and methamphetamine.   

These are some of the findings of the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), from their 2021 nationwide monitoring of hospital emergency department visits associated to substance use or misuse. DAWN is part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). 

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]]> Ontario Canada: Pediatric Cannabis Exposure Cases On The Rise https://themig.org/ontario-canada-pediatric-cannabis-exposure-cases-on-the-rise/ Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:04:10 +0000 https://www.thenmi.org/?p=6816 Pediatric cannabis exposures have increased by nearly 300 percent in Ontario Canada since 2016. Canada legalized marijuana (raw flower only) in 2018. This was expanded in 2020 to include sales of cannabis infused edible products.  In turn, Emergency Department (ED) health care providers in Ontario have seen an increase in child patients, ages 0 -9 years (mean age of 3.8 yrs), being treated for exposure to marijuana products. 

Released in JAMA Network (JAMA Netw Open. Januray 7, 2022) the authors cite the introduction of the edibles to the marketplace was instrumental in the increase observed in admissions and severity of symptoms in the children. The rate for the Ontario pediatric exposures was found to be seven times higher when compared to those found in Colorado after adult use / commercial marijuana was legalized in the 2012 elections. 

This report involved a review of 2.35 million children records in Ontario between January 1, 2016 to March 31, 2021 and an associated 522 cannabis exposure cases.

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