Psychiatric News (6/28) reports, “Female youth aged 12 to 24 and youth of both sexes aged 14 to 16 living in states with legalized medical marijuana or recreational marijuana between 2000 and 2019 had higher rates of death by suicide than youth in states with no such laws,” researchers concluded in a study that “analyzed data on suicide rates using the 2000-2019 National Vital Statistics System Multiple Cause of Death files for age groups 12-13, 14-16, 17-19, 20-22, and 23-25.” The findings, which included 113,512 deaths by suicide, were published online June 26 ahead of print in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
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— “Medical, Recreational Marijuana Legalization Associated With Higher Rates of Youth Suicide, Study Shows,” Psychiatric News, June 28, 2023