Fontanella Lab

Research Inst Nationwide Children's Hosp

Columbus · United States

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NIH R01 · 2024

Impact of Recreational and Medical Marijuana legalization on cannabis use disorders, serious mental illness, and mortality outcomes among Medicaid enrolled youth

ABSTRACT Adolescent cannabis use is a major public health crisis. Marijuana laws (ML) carries significant health impli- cations for American youth. Decriminalization, medicalization, and legalization of cannabis by a majority of US states over the past 25 years has dramatically shifted societal perceptions and adult use patterns. How mariju- ana policy changes have affected population-wide health of US youth and the downstream public health impli- cations of ML remain topics of significant debate. Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug by US ado- lescents and the main drug for which US teens obtain substance use (SU) treatment. Adolescent cannabis use is associated with negative…

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