Marijuana Use Seldom Associated With Emergency Room Visits, First-Ever National Study Says

[kpete]

Source: Alternet

Posted by Paul Armentano at 11:23 am
July 20, 2010

Marijuana Use Seldom Associated With Emergency Room Visits, First-Ever National Study Says
Posted by Paul Armentano on @ 11:23 am
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20627209

Lifetime use of marijuana is rarely associated with emergency room visits, according to an analysis of epidemiologic survey data published online by the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Investigators at the University of Michigan reviewed the overall prevalence of drug-related emergency department (ED) visits among lifetime users of illicit substances. Researchers analyzed data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, which is a nationally representative survey of 43,093 residents age 18 or older. The study is the first to use nationally representative data to examine patterns and correlates of drug-related ED visits.

Among those surveyed, subjects that reported using cannabis were the least likely to report an ED visit (1.71 percent). Respondents who reported lifetime use of heroin, tranquilizers, and inhalants were most likely (18.5 percent, 6.3 percent, and 6.2 percent respectively) to report experiencing one or more ED visits related to their drug use.

Investigators concluded, “Marijuana was by far the most commonly used (illicit) drug, but individuals who used marijuana had a low prevalence of drug-related ED visits.”

Read more: http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/07/20/marijuana-use-seldom-associated-with-emergency-room-visits-first-ever-national-study-says/

[asdjrocky]

1. Don't eat too much.

That's what gets people. The only time I hear of anyone not feeling well, it's because they thought the first brownie wasn't doing it.

[Fumesucker]

3. Which is the main problem with eating pot..

It is much more difficult to titrate the dose and it's damn easy to end up so high you basically sleep for a day or two..

[asdjrocky]

5. Haven't heard of anyone sleeping for a day or two,

but I have heard some funny stories about my brownies. I tell them time and time again, just a half, wait a half an hour before you do anything.

[Hissyspit]

10. But, damn. It's brownies!

Can't eat just one.

[ZombieHorde]

19. "I tell them time and time again, just a half, wait a half an hour before you do anything."

Perhaps you should cut them 50% smaller?

[Roon]

16. I got a couple of cookies at the dispensary awhile back

you were only suppose to eat one cookie at a time but I ate both of them. My wheels were really turning!!

[asdjrocky]

30. I know, it's hard to eat just one.

When I make brownies now, I always make a medicated batch and a regular batch. I give friends one of each and tell them to eat half of the medicated brownie, but if they find they are still hungry, eat the regular brownie.

[slay]

24. Like the cop who stole weed and called 9/11 after him and his wife baked brownies

hilarious cause you can't OD.. :rofl:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9TeQZQRH5E&feature=related

[asdjrocky]

29. Yes, exactly like that.

I've had people call me in the middle of the night just to make sure they are still alive.

It is really a funny effect of a truly harmless substance.

[meow mix]

2. thats no problem for pigz that just enjoy caging americans up.

the laws are not about health or safety.

[mokawanis]

13. and most legislators probably know that

but you know, they have to play the game and bring in the votes, which means continuing to lock people up for toking.

[pscot]

26. You put way too much faith

in what most legislators know.

[customerserviceguy]

4. Any research

on associating marijuana use with late-night visits to convenience stores to pick up munchies?

[pattmarty]

6. Quote from a man who is an expert on the subject: "Hungry, happy, sleepy".

[argyl]

7. Marijuana is a deadly killer. If you need proof here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnZb5wi_jsU

[valerief]

8. Ha! "I think we're dead. Time is going by really, really slow."

:rofl:

[formercia]

28. He's lucky it wasn't laced with PCP

That's a classic.

If he had to pay for it, he wouldn't bee so greedy in his eating habits.

[msongs]

9. unlike drugs prescribed by doctors at hospitals containing emergency rooms nt

[FarLeftFist]

11. I could have told them that.

[hootinholler]

12. Where's the 911 tape of the Sherrif who made brownies?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnZb5wi_jsU

:rofl:

-Hoot

[Axle_techie]

17. that was one of the funniest things I ever heard

[Butch350]

14. Why should I care? What's the point?

[DBoon]

15. Marijuana Use Frequently Associated With Pizza Deliveries, First-Ever National Study Says

a national study says so, so it must be right

[alp227]

18. And those who go to the ER usually are ignorant about safe use.

This study is yet more evidence that the War on Drugs is a counterproductive sham. Thanks for posting.

[waronbanks]

20. Meanwhile tobacco kills over 400,000 people a year

in America. More than any other cause of death. And 38,000 of those are 2nd hand smoke victims. Almost a half a million deaths a year.

marijuana kills...wait for it...ZERO. They cant find even one person whose death can be attributed to marijuana.

Nice to know our government is sooo concerned about our safety and well being. Corporate humpin fucks.

[SunnySong]

21. Who ever goes to the hospital because they are too stoned, nt

[Starbucks Anarchist]

22. Only potheads who are lost end up in the ER.

[MilesColtrane]

23. Marijuana Use Frequently Associated With Taco Bell Visits

Reason for regulation right there.

[Uncle Joe]

25. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[pscot]

27. Our drug laws are insane

kick

[FlyByNight]

31. I wonder how many ER visits are caused by...

...by the legal narcotics one obtains through prescriptions (further enriching big PhRMA)?

Marijuana has to be kept illegal because self-medication, whether casual or medicinal, cuts into big PhRMA profits.

Prohibition was tried once already and IT FAILED.

:wtf:

[bigmonkey]

32. I knew an emergency room visit that was marijuana-based.

Back in college, I knew a guy who got so high he insisted his friends take him to the emergency room. The staff there gave him a gurney to lie down on to wait for a doctor. After about a half an hour he got up, and he and his friends went to another party. Does that count?