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New study says cannabis users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization
#27839659 - 06/27/22 08:40 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Weed users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization June 27, 2022 - CNN
Using recreational marijuana is associated with a higher risk of emergency room care and being hospitalized for any reason, a new study has found.
"Cannabis use is not as benign and safe as some might think," said study author Nicholas Vozoris, assistant professor and clinician investigator in the division of respirology at the department of medicine at the University of Toronto.
"Our study demonstrates that the use of this substance is associated with serious negative outcomes, specifically, ED (emergency department) visits and hospitalizations," Vozoris said in an email.
Significant risk of hospitalization
The study, published Monday in the journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research, looked at national health records data for over 30,000 Ontario, Canada, residents between the ages of 12 and 65 over a six-year period.
When compared with people who did not use marijuana, cannabis users were 22% more likely to visit an emergency department or be hospitalized, the study revealed.
The finding held true even after adjusting the analysis for over 30 other confounding factors, including other illicit drug use, alcohol use and tobacco smoking.
"Physical bodily injury was the leading cause of emergency department visits and hospitalizations among the cannabis users, with respiratory reasons coming in a close second," Vozoris said.
Marijuana smokers had higher blood and urine levels of several smoke-related toxins such as naphthalene, acrylamide and acrylonitrile than nonsmokers, a 2021 study found. Naphthalene is associated with anemia, liver and neurological damage, while acrylamide and acrylonitrile have been associated with cancer and other health issues.
Another study done last year found teenagers were about twice as likely to report "wheezing or whistling" in the chest after vaping marijuana than after smoking cigarettes or using e-cigarettes.
Growing body of research
A number of studies have shown an association between marijuana use and injury, both physical and mental.
Heavy use of marijuana by teens and young adults with mood disorders -- such as depression and bipolar disorder -- has been linked to an increased risk of self-harm, suicide attempts and death, according to a 2021 study.
Another 2021 study found habitual users of cannabis, including teenagers, are increasingly showing up in emergency rooms complaining of severe intestinal distress that's known as "cannabis hyperemesis syndrome," or CHS.
The condition causes nausea, severe abdominal pain and prolonged vomiting "which can go on for hours," Dr. Sam Wang, a pediatric emergency medicine specialist and toxicologist at Children's Hospital Colorado, told CNN in a prior interview.
A review published earlier this year looked at studies on over 43,000 people and found a negative impact of tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, the main psychoactive compound in cannabis, on the brain's higher levels of thinking.
For youth, this impact may "consequently lead to reduced educational attainment, and, in adults, to poor work performance and dangerous driving. These consequences may be worse in regular and heavy users," coauthor Dr. Alexandre Dumais, associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Montreal told CNN in a prior interview.
At a time when "health care systems are already stretched thin around the world following the Covid pandemic and with difficult economic times ... cannabis use is on the rise around the world," Vozoris said.
"Our study results should set off 'alarm bells' in the minds of the public, health care professionals, and political leaders," he said in his email.
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Dr. Funtime
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Re: New study says cannabis users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization [Re: veggie]
#27839931 - 06/27/22 11:11 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Hospitalized for what? Otherwise your telling me that people that sit quietly while reading books and drinking water break fewer bones then pot smokers.
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Re: New study says cannabis users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization [Re: Dr. Funtime]
#27840175 - 06/28/22 06:07 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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I imagine a lot of this is the result of the widespread use of extracts and concentrates. Not from flower.
There is a big difference between chronically vaping 100% THC, with no CBD or other cannibinoids, and plain flower. Not only is it more likely to lead to side effects, anxiety attacks, and "overdose"(consuming so much that the experience turns negative and uncomfortable), and other side effects.
But also, from personal experience, I can tell you that the pure THC extracts lead to a MUCH stronger cessation syndrome, aka withdrawals, even with reduced usage in the days preceding cessation. And I imagine is at the root of most CHS cases.
CBD is necessary to balance out the experience and prevent side effects...and it's sooooo easy with extracts to consume MUCH more THC than you would if consuming flower, without even realizing it.
And for the cannabis naive or infrequent user, a few(or even one) good hits of 100% THC, is almost sure to lead to a 911 call or hospital visit. I've seen it many times...person takes one hit, don't feel immediate effects, and hit it again(often despite warnings)...10 minutes later they are in crisis.
Edited by Holybullshit (06/28/22 07:15 AM)
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Re: New study says cannabis users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization [Re: Holybullshit]
#27840296 - 06/28/22 08:34 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Or people who consume THC containing products do so because they tend to have higher anxiety, or are in a constant state of relaxation...so when something does occur, they are more prone to overreaction. I wouldn’t call it “serious” by any means, but I would say that ALOT of people who don’t have medical knowledge, and use weed are much more likely to go to the ER.
Then there are those time where you should go to the ER, and your buddy sitting next to you says “bro just chill...take a hit, and watch some TV...you’ll be fine”
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#27840305 - 06/28/22 08:38 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Reason for deletion: Shroomery is full of bigots and I'm leaving.
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Re: New study says cannabis users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization [Re: SharaVabdas]
#27840372 - 06/28/22 10:02 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
Marijuana smokers had higher blood and urine levels of several smoke-related toxins such as naphthalene, acrylamide and acrylonitrile than nonsmokers, a 2021 study found. Naphthalene is associated with anemia, liver and neurological damage, while acrylamide and acrylonitrile have been associated with cancer and other health issues.
naphthalene - mothballs acrylamide - meat cooked at high temps acrylonitrile - styrene...highly soluble in water and readily volatile in air, where it is subject to photo oxidation

What concentrations and length of time are required, to cause permanent damage.
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Re: New study says cannabis users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization [Re: veggie]
#27840392 - 06/28/22 10:18 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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I think I am dead and my heart is beating backwards. A 911 call. Edibles always get them. "Sir" have you taken any illegal substances? No just ate a brownie. That made me laugh. Happy 4th people. And it a she but maybe she identifies as a he. Don't know. Explain eating an edible brownie recorded on an 911 call. And yes she is black. But pot brownies know no skin color.
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Re: New study says cannabis users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization [Re: veggie]
#27840449 - 06/28/22 10:59 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Re: New study says cannabis users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization [Re: Rotnpins] 1
#27840684 - 06/28/22 01:35 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Now, let's see what the increase is for people who use alcohol or people who have been in jail in the last year (perhaps due to cannabis possession or not).
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Re: New study says cannabis users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization [Re: weephar]
#27840828 - 06/28/22 03:27 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Smoking probably isn’t good idea regardless of the substance. Vaping can mitigate some of the harm, still probably not great for you.
Edibles is where it’s at. Problem is that most of it is made from concentrate and you can still end up consuming trace amounts of whatever was used to extract. Nothing in excess and you’ll be okay
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Re: New study says cannabis users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization [Re: Eater of Lite] 1
#27840988 - 06/28/22 05:05 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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"Our study results should set off 'alarm bells' in the minds of the public, health care professionals, and political leaders," he said in his email.
Alarm bells? Pshh this is a dead give-away of extreme bias. Some people just cannot accept the physically benign nature of cannabis. Where's the alarm bells over the yearly deaths relate to OTC tylenol overdoses?
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Re: New study says cannabis users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization [Re: Blue Cthulhu]
#27842161 - 06/29/22 11:06 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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And couldn't 25% more likely be like instead of 1/10000 it's 1.25/10000... They never stated 25% more than what?
I wonder how much more likely chronic users of Ibuprofen are to incur injuries at work.
Or how often users of low dose aspirin suffer heart attacks compared to general population.
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Re: New study says cannabis users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization [Re: Holybullshit]
#27842350 - 06/29/22 01:11 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Simply put...there are too many variables to base conclusively that marijuana consumption is the sole purpose behind an overall 25% of a total number (whatever the number) 25% will always be 25%. Increase in patient trips to the ER. This is simply a quickly published attention grabbing piece of propoganda
I’ll say here...the same thing I tell all my friends
“Life is a systemic procedure in which we choose the lesser of 2 evils”
So if marijuana is good for 99% and bad for 1% which would you choose?
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Edited by TheShroomanizer (06/29/22 01:14 PM)
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Re: New study says cannabis users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization [Re: TheShroomanizer]
#27843367 - 06/30/22 05:26 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Some people just cant wrap their heads up y'know..
If someone I know wants to go to the ER, I'd just offer up a glass of water and say, ye, chill the fuck down bro.
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Re: New study says cannabis users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization [Re: pablokabute] 1
#27844410 - 06/30/22 11:11 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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This warning reminds me of something I need to do, right now...
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