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Marijuana

  • Colorado Visitors End Up in Emergency Departments More for Marijuana Use than Residents

    Marijuana is sending visitors to Colorado to hospital emergency rooms at an increasing rate, according to a...
  • Boston Bans “Synthetic Marijuana”

    Boston banned the use, sale, or purchase of synthetic marijuana, which has been linked to a nationwide...
  • Colorado Rejects Medical Marijuana for PTSD Treatment

    On July 15, Colorado health officials rejected a bid by medical marijuana advocates to put cannabis on...

Colorado Visitors End Up in Emergency Departments More for Marijuana Use than Residents

March 24, 2016 - Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) - 0 Comment

Marijuana is sending visitors to Colorado to hospital emergency rooms at an increasing rate, according to a…

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Boston Bans “Synthetic Marijuana”

August 26, 2015 - Reuters Staff - 1 Comment

Boston banned the use, sale, or purchase of synthetic marijuana, which has been linked to a nationwide…

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Colorado Rejects Medical Marijuana for PTSD Treatment

July 30, 2015 - Keith Coffman (Reuters Health) - 1 Comment

On July 15, Colorado health officials rejected a bid by medical marijuana advocates to put cannabis on…

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Opinion: Risk, Harm Ratios of Legalizing Marijuana Need Closer Look

March 16, 2015 - Chuck Sheppard, MD, FACEP - 0 Comment

In response to the marijuana pro-con [“Legalizing Marijuana Will Make It Safer,” and “How Legalizing Marijuana Has…

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Readers Weigh in on Marijuana Legalization, Decriminalization

December 17, 2014 - ACEP Now - 0 Comment

The argument that we, as a nation, can “Make Marijuana Safer by Making It Legal” [Oct. 2014]…

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How Legalizing Marijuana Has Impacted Colorado

October 9, 2014 - George Sam Wang, MD, FAAP, and Kennon Heard, MD, PhD - 2 Comments

Colorado has had a long history with marijuana. It became one of the first states to allow medical marijuana in 2000.

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Legalizing Marijuana Will Make It Safer

October 9, 2014 - Larry A. Bedard, MD - 1 Comment

Prohibition of marijuana is a failed public health policy. Nearly 85 percent of Americans have tried marijuana. For at least two decades, it has been easier for adolescents to obtain marijuana than alcohol. Marijuana is the biggest cash crop in California. Nationwide, Americans spend and consume between $75 billion and $120 billion worth of marijuana annually.

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Alcohol and Tobacco, not Marijuana, are True Gateway Drugs

May 9, 2014 - ACEP Now - 0 Comment

Having practiced EM for over 35 years, I respectfully take issue with Professor Ducharme’s reference to marijuana…

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