Tuesday 28 June 2022 05:57 PM Marijuana users are 22% more likely to visit and emergency department trends now
People who use marijuana recreationally are more likely to require emergency room care or be hospitalized that their peers are, a new study finds.
Researchers at the University of Toronto, in Canada, found that those who use the drug recreationally are 22 percent more likely to need emergency services for any reason than the general population.
The most common reasons were physical injury or respiratory issues - though it is unclear whether these problems were tied to smoking itself.
Marijuana use has become common place in America as it slowly earns legalization and decriminalization across the country. While it is generally seen as a 'safe' drug compared to others, it may carry significant downsides as well.
A person that uses marijuana is 22% more like to need hospital care than their peer that does not use the drug, a new study finds (file photo)
'After adjusting for a broad range of covariates ... all-cause ER visits or hospitalizations was significantly greater among cannabis users than among control individuals,' researchers wrote.
'Respiratory-related reasons were the second most common cause for ER visits and hospitalizations in the all-cause outcome.'
Researchers, who published their findings Monday in BMJ, gathered health record data from over 35,000 residents of Ontario for the study.
Participants were between the ages of 12 to 65, and data from 2009 to 2015 was included in the
