Publications by authors named "Eloise W Freitag"
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- Medical cannabis use has become more accepted in the U.S., but access is still limited for underserved populations, prompting a study at Montefiore’s Medical Cannabis Program to analyze patient experiences.
- Between 2017 and 2019, 562 patients were certified for medical cannabis; only 45% made purchases, with barriers such as affordability and accessibility impacting usage.
- The study found that patients who purchased medical cannabis were more likely to be white and have better insurance, highlighting the need for improved access to promote equitable use and reduce unregulated use among different demographics.
This commentary is a call to action for researchers to create and use genome-wide association studies (GWASs) with previously missed age groups (e.g., infancy, elderly), which will improve our ability to ask important developmental questions using genetic data to trace pathways across the lifespan.
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