Cannabis and the overdose crisis among US adolescents
Legalization of cannabis is associated with overdose deaths in American adolescents, especially recreational legalization, and regardless of sex or White-Black-Hispanic race/ethnicity. Cause and effect relationships of these previously unreported correlations, if verified, merit investigation of biologic and psychosocial mechanisms, interventions, and prevention strategies.
Authors
- Elizabeth B. Stuyt
- Kenneth Finn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2144-8862)
- Brian J. Barnes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1884-3199)
- Archie Bleyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7738-5146)
- Eric A. Voth
Institutions
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- Kansas State Department of Education (US)
- St. Charles Medical Center (US)
- International Academy for Engineering and Media Science (EG)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal on Addictions
- Published
- 2024-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ajad.13669
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.90