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Harefuah
December 2024
Internal Department C, Laniado Medical Center, Netanya, Israel, Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Israel.
Coronary vasospasm is a well-known condition causing acute chest syndrome and can lead to myocardial infarction, ventricular arrhythmias, and even sudden cardiac death. While there are extensive case series showing the association of coronary vasospasm with drugs like cocaine, the association of marijuana with coronary vasospasm has not been reported frequently. When smoked, marijuana results in a rapid, dose-dependent tachycardia, an increase in blood pressure, and an increase in cardiac output.
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September 2022
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Background And Objectives: A growing number of US states have legalized marijuana use in the past decade. We examined if marijuana legalization is associated with increased marijuana-related admissions to substance use treatment facilities between 2000 and 2017.
Methods: Data from the Treatment Episode Data Set-Admissions were used to examine the relationship between marijuana-related admissions among adults aged ≥18 by year and legalization status (i.
Adolesc Psychiatry (Hilversum)
August 2021
Division of Addiction Science, Prevention, & Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
Background: Marijuana legalization occurred gradually in Colorado through political processes.
Objectives: This review aimed at describing the history of marijuana legalization and correlated shifts in product availability, use patterns, and risk perceptions and describes associated emerging concerns with this process for adolescents and young adults.
Methods: This review focuses on the history of marijuana legalization and correlated shifts in product availability, use patterns, and risk perceptions.
Curr Opin Psychol
April 2021
Yale University's Institution, Social and Policy Studies, 107 S. West Street #757, Alexandria VA 22315, United States. Electronic address:
There are over 20 000 peer-reviewed research articles linking marijuana use to severe mental health outcomes, ranging from depression to psychosis, and inhibited cognitive development, as well as consequences for physical health, and even negative outcomes for neonates exposed in utero. The connections between marijuana use and consequences to mental and physical health, and brain development, among other risks are often lost in conversations on legalization. Marijuana-legal states have higher rates of marijuana-related driving fatalities, greater emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and exposures, expansive criminal markets, as well as exacerbated racial disparities in industry participation and criminal justice enforcement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFYakugaku Zasshi
August 2020
Section of Addictive Drug Research, Department of Drug Dependence Research, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry.
In most countries marijuana is regulated by the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. In Japan marijuana use is illegal under the Marijuana Control Law. In USA, marijuana is also classified as a schedule I drug, which is the most stringent regulation category under federal law.
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