CNN (7/13, Viswanathan) reports, “Over the past few years, marijuana use has been landing more young people in the hospital, according to a new study, by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” Released “on Thursday in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the report analyzed nearly 540,000 cases nationwide where people under 25 years old wound up in a hospital due to complications from cannabis use.” Between 2019 and 2022, “researchers found that cannabis-related emergency department [ED] visits increased overall among kids, teens, and young adults.” Over the course of “the study period, the researchers also noted large increases in cannabis-related ED visits among kids less than ten years old.”
ABC News (7/13, Kekatos) reports, “Researchers found the largest increases in visits were among children aged 10 and younger as well as adolescents between ages 11 and 14.”
The Hill (7/13, Choi) also reports.
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— “Cannabis use landing more young people in emergency departments, study finds,”Giri Viswanathan, CNN, July 13, 2023