This review provides an overview of the changing US epidemiology of cannabis use and
associated problems. Adults and adolescents increasingly view cannabis as harmless, and …

Background: The past decade has seen unprecedented shifts in the cannabis policy
environment, and the public health impacts of these changes will hinge on how they affect …

Importance Little is known about changes in marijuana use and cannabis use disorder
(CUD) after recreational marijuana legalization (RML). Objectives To examine the …

Recent work finds that medical marijuana laws reduce the daily doses filled for opioid
analgesics among Medicare Part-D and Medicaid enrollees, as well as population-wide …

Importance Overprescribing of opioids is considered a major driving force behind the opioid
epidemic in the United States. Marijuana is one of the potential nonopioid alternatives that …

Introduction: The opioid epidemic has become an immense problem in North America, and
despite decades of research on the most effective means to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) …

Objectives Twenty-eight states in the US have legalized medical marijuana, yet its impacts
on severe health consequences such as hospitalizations remain unknown. Meanwhile, the …

Aim Concurrently with increasingly permissive attitudes towards marijuana use and its
legalization, the prevalence of marijuana use has increased in recent years in the US …

Background Current levels and dangers of opioid use in the US warrant the investigation of
harm-reducing treatment alternatives. Purpose A preliminary, historical, cohort study was …

Background A 239-question cross-sectional survey was sent out via email in January 2017
to gather comprehensive information on cannabis use from Canadian medical cannabis …