A retrospective study examining data show an increased number of visit to the emergency room (from the US Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project). These visits to the Emergency Room grew 50.4% between 2007 and 2012 in Colorado, one of the first two states to legalize both medical and recreational use of marijuana. Also increasing were visits related to opioids (by 42%), hallucinogens (40.4%), sedatives (40%), and amphetamines (20.6%).
Yeah it’s almost as if the legal status makes no difference to emergency room visits – unless Colorado recently decriminalized opioids, sedatives, hallucinogens and amphetamines…
What were the emergency room figures for alcohol and tobacco smoke again?