The associations between marijuana use and injury were investigated using Cox proportional hazards analyses, adjusting for socio-demographic and confounding factors. RESULTS At baseline, 15% of participants of the cohort reported marijuana use in the preceding 12 months. During a median follow-up ...
The jury's still out on whether the use of marijuana may increase the risk of stroke. While several larger studies have found an increased risk, other studies have found no such increased risk. Adding to the debate is a new study that looked at recent marijuana use and risk of ischemic s...
A pair of new preliminary studies have found that older adults who use marijuana every day but don't smoke tobacco appear to be significantly more likely to suffer serious cardiovascular emergencies including heart attacks and strokes. The first study, presented this week by the American Heart Asso...
Little attention has been paid to marijuana use among BMSM and potential for HIV risk. A sample of 202 BMSM was generated through respondent driven sampling. The relationship between differential marijuana use and both HIV risk behavior and social network factors were examined using weighted ...
Inmates had to be 18 years of age or older, male, and sexually active. Findings suggest that inmates did not vary much with respect to feeling that they would be less likely to take precautions before having sex after using marijuana. Inmates who reported having anal sex were more likely ...
8 We assumed that current use at each visit (ie, the number of days of using marijuana during the month before each visit) reflected the average number of days of use during the months before and after each visit. We estimated the cumulative lifetime use by adding the total number of ...
One of the enduring myths about marijuana is that it is "harmless" and can be safely used by teens. Many high school teachers would beg to disagree, and consider the legalization of marijuana to be the biggest upcoming challenge in and around schools. And the evidence is on their side. ...
The present study has three purposes: (1) to examine the association between alcohol and marijuana use at the daily level; (2) to document how this association varies by the perceived risk of using alcohol and marijuana simultaneously; (3) to test whether the association varies by college ...
Using data from the Washington Healthy Youth Survey, Dilley et al4 found that marijuana use among 8th and 10th graders fell after legalization for recreational purposes. Here, we report estimates of the association between the legalization of marijuana and its use, simultaneously considering both MM...
The "Real" Number of Washington State Adolescents Using Marijuana, and Why: A Misclassification Analysis Background: Although causality is difficult to establish, the regular use of marijuana has been associated with many adverse physiological and sociological... SM Murphy,R Rosenman - 《Substance Us...