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    A study looked at emergency department and urgent care visits related to marijuana use among teenagers in Colorado before and after the state legalized medical marijuana in 2009 and recreational marijuana in 2014. The study found that marijuana-related visits among 13- to 20-year-olds increased from 161 in 2005 to 777 in 2015. Additionally, the rate of visits per 1,000 emergency department visits increased from 1.8 in 2009 to 4.9 in 2015. The majority of visits also included a comorbid psychiatric diagnosis such as depression.

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    A study looked at emergency department and urgent care visits related to marijuana use among teenagers in Colorado before and after the state legalized medical marijuana in 2009 and recreational marijuana in 2014. The study found that marijuana-related visits among 13- to 20-year-olds increased from 161 in 2005 to 777 in 2015. Additionally, the rate of visits per 1,000 emergency department visits increased from 1.8 in 2009 to 4.9 in 2015. The majority of visits also included a comorbid psychiatric diagnosis such as depression.

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    The Impact of Legalization of Medical and Recreational Marijuana

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    A study looked at emergency department and urgent care visits related to marijuana use among teenagers in Colorado before and after the state legalized medical marijuana in 2009 and recreational marijuana in 2014. The study found that marijuana-related visits among 13- to 20-year-olds increased from 161 in 2005 to 777 in 2015. Additionally, the rate of visits per 1,000 emergency department visits increased from 1.8 in 2009 to 4.9 in 2015. The majority of visits also included a comorbid psychiatric diagnosis such as depression.

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    The Impact of Legalization of Medical and


    Recreational Marijuana
    Study looks at Colorado youth.
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    over a 10-year period among also increased, from 1.2 to 3.2 per
    ­adolescents, “most notably” in 1,000 ED visits during that time.
    the years after the state legalized A diagnosis of cannabis use, abuse,
    Photo by Sara Stathas / Alamy Stock Photo.

    medical marijuana in 2009 and and misuse was made at 62% of


    recreational marijuana in 2014. the 4,202 visits, and a comorbid
    In the retrospective study, the psychiatric diagnosis was made at
    investigators looked at ED/UC vis­ 71%, with depression being the
    its from 2005 to 2015 by patients most common (39% of total vis­
    ages 13 through 20 years that were its), followed by mood disorder
    determined to be related to mari­ (22%).
    juana based on diagnostic codes or “As more states begin to legal­
    positive urine drug screens. There ize marijuana,” the authors con­
    were 4,202 such visits during this cluded, “the alarming prevalence
    period and, in 67%, a behavioral of comorbid psychiatric disorders

    A
    lthough nine and 29 states health evaluation was also con­ and drug use among adolescents
    have legalized recreational ducted. presenting to our ED/UC settings
    and medical marijuana, re­ The number of ED/UC visits for marijuana-related concerns
    spectively, debate continues about related to marijuana increased further supports the need for im­
    the impact of marijuana use by from 161 in 2005 to 777 in 2015, plementation of comprehensive
    teenagers, with inconsistent re­ during which time those visits that targeted marijuana education and
    sults among studies looking at included a behavioral health eval­ prevention programs directed at
    this question (see AJN Reports, uation increased from 84 to 500. youth, particularly those with con­
    October 2017). The rate of marijuana-related visits comitant psychiatric illness and
    A recent study, however, found per 1,000 ED/UC visits increased drug use.”—Elizabeth Mechcatie,
    that marijuana-related ED and ur­ from 1.8 in 2009 to 4.9 in 2015, MA, BSN
    gent care (UC) visits to a tertiary an increase of high statistical sig­
    care children’s hospital system in nificance. Behavioral health con­ Wang GS, et al. J Adolesc Health 2018 Mar
    Colorado increased significantly sultations related to marijuana 30 [Epub ahead of print].

    16 AJN ▼ July 2018 ▼ Vol. 118, No. 7 ajnonline.com

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