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Edible marijuana sends outsize number of people to hospital, Colorado study finds [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Edible marijuana sends outsize number of people to hospital, Colorado study finds
University researchers say effects of edibles can be longer lasting than people realize after study reveals ‘striking results’
Amanda Holpuch in New York
Mon 25 Mar 2019 21.00 GMT
Edible marijuana products are a small slice of cannabis sales in Colorado, but were linked to a large proportion of cannabis-related emergency room visits in the state, according to a study published on Monday.
From January 2012 to December 2016, edibles accounted for 10.7% of emergency room visits attributable to cannabis use at the University of Colorado Health emergency department in Aurora, Colorado, though they only accounted for 0.32% of cannabis sales in that same period, according to the Annals of Internal Medicine study.
This is not simply because people are taking larger numbers of edibles to compensate for how much longer it takes to feel the effects than when cannabis is inhaled, said lead researcher Dr Andrew Monte.
“It was a striking thing,” Monte, an associate professor of emergency medicine at the University of Colorado, told the Guardian. “It wasn’t like these people were taking 100mg or 500mg of cannabis edibles. These were relatively lower doses.”
Monte said the adverse impact of edibles can last longer and be more intense than people expect.
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University researchers say effects of edibles can be longer lasting than people realize after study reveals ‘striking results’
Amanda Holpuch in New York
Mon 25 Mar 2019 21.00 GMT
Edible marijuana products are a small slice of cannabis sales in Colorado, but were linked to a large proportion of cannabis-related emergency room visits in the state, according to a study published on Monday.
From January 2012 to December 2016, edibles accounted for 10.7% of emergency room visits attributable to cannabis use at the University of Colorado Health emergency department in Aurora, Colorado, though they only accounted for 0.32% of cannabis sales in that same period, according to the Annals of Internal Medicine study.
This is not simply because people are taking larger numbers of edibles to compensate for how much longer it takes to feel the effects than when cannabis is inhaled, said lead researcher Dr Andrew Monte.
“It was a striking thing,” Monte, an associate professor of emergency medicine at the University of Colorado, told the Guardian. “It wasn’t like these people were taking 100mg or 500mg of cannabis edibles. These were relatively lower doses.”
Monte said the adverse impact of edibles can last longer and be more intense than people expect.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/25/edible-marijuana-colorado-cannabis-hospital-study
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Related: Acute Illness Associated With Cannabis Use, by Route of Exposure: An Observational Study (Annals of Internal Medicine)
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