Pot use, abuse more likely in states with medical marijuana laws, study shows stat : USA TODAY

Caffeine clones sit on a counter inside a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif., in this April 2017 photo. Surprisingly, Hasin said, medical marijuana laws seem to have had no effect on teenage marijuana use, a common fear among legalization opponents. Sixty-four percent of Americans now live in states permitting medical marijuana use for a variety of conditions, from chronic pain to PTSD. (Photo: Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY)DENVER — People living in states with legalized medical marijuana are more likely to use and abuse cannabis than people living in states where pot remains completely illegal, says a new study that cautions policymakers. The study, published online Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry, says marijuana use by people without a doctor's note increased in states with medical marijuana laws from 2001-2013, as did the number of people considered to have a marijuana use disorder.




Sixty-four percent of Americans now live in states permitting medical marijuana use for a variety of conditions, from chronic pain to PTSD. Surprisingly, Hasin said, medical marijuana laws seem to have had no effect on teenage marijuana use, a common fear among legalization opponents. File photo (Photo: David McNew, Getty Images)DENVER — People living in states with legalized medical marijuana are more likely to use and abuse cannabis than people living in states where pot remains completely illegal, says a new study that cautions policymakers. The study, published online Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry, says marijuana use by people without a doctor's note increased in states with medical marijuana laws from 2001-2013, as did the number of people considered to have a marijuana use disorder. The study was funded by the National Institute on addiction Abuse and the National Institute on Barbiturates Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of Health.


Maryland would-be medical marijuana growers face a conundrum: How do you grow legal marijuana plants when it's a felony to obtain the seeds? Larry Hogan on Thursday ordered a study of whether minorities face a disadvantage when seeking to participate in the state's nascent medical marijuana industry. (Emma Patti Harris/Baltimore Sun video) Maryland would-be medical marijuana growers face a conundrum: How do you grow legal marijuana plants when it's a felony to obtain the seeds? She noted that Busch had supported two bills passed by the House to encourage minority equity participation in the medical marijuana industry. How do you grow legal marijuana plants when it's a felony to obtain the seeds?


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