{"id":27151,"date":"2014-04-03T14:36:05","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T14:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.d5creation.com\/wp\/themes\/newspress\/?p=245"},"modified":"2019-11-13T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T23:47:00","slug":"health-news-special-health-news-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masihitv.com\/?p=27151","title":{"rendered":"After Legalization, Marijuana Addiction Is on the Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-1u22pos\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A new\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"content-link css-5r4717\" href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapsychiatry\/article-abstract\/2755276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>study<\/strong><span class=\"css-5a77tl icon-hl-trusted-source-after\"><span class=\"sro\">Trusted Source<\/span><\/span><\/a><strong>\u00a0finds that addiction has gone up among young people who live in states where recreational cannabis is legal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The overall rate of addiction remains low, but the findings are concerning for experts.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Additionally, experts are learning more about how heavy cannabis use can take a toll on health.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since recreational marijuana was legalized in multiple states, experts have wondered if addiction rates would start to rise.<\/p>\n<p>Now a new\u00a0<a class=\"content-link css-5r4717\" href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapsychiatry\/article-abstract\/2755276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study<span class=\"css-5a77tl icon-hl-trusted-source-after\"><span class=\"sro\">Trusted Source<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0finds that addiction has gone up among young people who live in states where recreational cannabis is legal, although it still remains low overall.<\/p>\n<p>Cannabis use disorder (CUD) in 12- to 17-year-olds went up 25 percent in legalized states since it was approved for recreational use, rising from 2.18 percent to 2.72 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Among adults over the age of 26, marijuana use was 26 percent higher in states that allowed recreational use compared to those who did not.<\/p>\n<p>Frequent use went up by 23 percent, and cannabis use disorder (CUD) went up 37 percent in the same age group, rising from 0.90 percent to 1.23 percent.<\/p>\n<p>CUD is also known as marijuana addiction.<\/p>\n<p>These same increases were not seen in people between the ages of 18 to 25.<\/p>\n<p>While the overall rate of CUD remained low, the research answers some questions about how legalization of marijuana may impact addiction rates.<\/p>\n<p>The study was conducted by a team at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and published in JAMA Psychiatry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"onequarter-of-article\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-0\">\n<div><a name=\"Marijuana-use-by-the-numbers\"><\/a><strong>Marijuana use by the numbers<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>CUD can be linked to long-term adverse health and economic and social impacts, said\u00a0<a class=\"content-link css-5r4717\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mailman.columbia.edu\/people\/our-faculty\/ssm2183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Silvia S. Martins<\/a>, an associate professor at Columbia University and report senior author.<\/p>\n<p>Martins\u2019s team looked at data from 505,796 people from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. They compared data from Colorado, Washington, Alaska, and Oregon \u2014 the first four states to legalize marijuana for recreational use \u2014 against data from states that have not legalized marijuana for recreational use.<\/p>\n<p>The data was collected between 2008 and 2016. They looked at the following age groups: 12 to 17, 18 to 25, and 26 and older. Recreational marijuana was legalized in Colorado and Washington in 2012; in Alaska in 2014, and in Oregon in 2014. As of now, 11 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized marijuana for recreational use. It is legalized for medicinal use in 33 states.<\/p>\n<p>The team did not differentiate whether users took marijuana for recreational or medical use. Other studies have shown that some medicinal users also use it recreationally, so it\u2019s hard to say if CUD is more prevalent among recreational versus medicinal users, Martins said.<\/p>\n<p>An earlier\u00a0<a class=\"content-link css-5r4717\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/30557813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2019 study<span class=\"css-5a77tl icon-hl-trusted-source-after\"><span class=\"sro\">Trusted Source<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0found that CUD was more common among people who were recreational and medical users compared to those who only used it recreationally.<\/p>\n<p>More people need to know about CUD, but they also need to know that most marijuana users won\u2019t develop CUD, Martins said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"middle-of-article\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-0\">\n<div><a name=\"Effects-of-problematic-usage\"><\/a><strong>Effects of problematic usage<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>CUD is a problematic pattern of cannabis use that causes clinically significant impairment or distress. Diagnosis involves meeting several criteria in a 12-month span.<\/p>\n<p>Because research has shown frequent and problematic use across age groups, legalization efforts should occur alongside funding for prevention and treatment, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Early signs of CUD include becoming preoccupied with obtaining, using, and getting over the drug\u2019s effects. A person with CUD may start to use alone instead of socially. They may avoid certain places where they cannot use it, or avoid others who will object to their usage. Memory impairments, as well as missed work or school time, can become more common.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s often harder to spot someone with CUD compared to someone with an opioid or alcohol use disorder because they are less likely to have overdose or a drunk driving arrest, added\u00a0<a class=\"content-link css-5r4717\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bidmc.org\/centers-and-departments\/psychiatry\/addiction-psychiatry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Kevin P. Hill<\/a>, director of addiction psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>There is not an available medication to successfully treat CUD.<\/p>\n<p>Information is lacking on whether certain groups of people are more likely to develop CUD in response to changing marijuana laws, noted\u00a0<a class=\"content-link css-5r4717\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mailman.columbia.edu\/people\/our-faculty\/dsh2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deborah Hasin<\/a>, PhD, a professor at Columbia University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"threequarter-of-article\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-0\">\n<div><a name=\"CUD-Perspectives\"><\/a><strong>CUD Perspectives<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Young people need to know addiction to marijuana can prevent them from meeting important milestones in their life, said\u00a0<a class=\"content-link css-5r4717\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/johnfkelly\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John F. Kelly<\/a>, PhD, a psychiatry professor at Harvard Medical School.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike any drug \u2014 alcohol included \u2014 some are more vulnerable to its effects than others genetically, and some will become addicted to it, having severe consequences,\u201d Kelly added.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"content-link css-5r4717\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/31586809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About 1.5 percent<span class=\"css-5a77tl icon-hl-trusted-source-after\"><span class=\"sro\">Trusted Source<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0of the general adult population in the United States has met criteria for having CUD. Other data has shown that\u00a0<a class=\"content-link css-5r4717\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/problematic-marijuana-use-is-declining-among-people-who-consume-every-day-study-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it has been declining<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>People may not perceive cannabis as addictive because people with CUD don\u2019t have significant and possibly lethal withdrawal effects that alcoholics or opiate addicts experience, said\u00a0<a class=\"content-link css-5r4717\" href=\"https:\/\/bioethics.hms.harvard.edu\/person\/faculty-members\/j-wesley-boyd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. J. Wesley Boyd<\/a>, an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.<\/p>\n<p>Boyd wasn\u2019t surprised that more people used cannabis when it was legalized. The increased use of cannabis may correlate with decreases in other harmful substance use, he said. If people, for example, replace some or all cigarette and\/or alcohol use with cannabis, the increase in cannabis use may actually be a positive result of legalization. From a public health perspective, Boyd views nicotine and alcohol as more harmful than cannabis. But marijuana can be addictive and harmful, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut being addicted means more than just having severe withdrawal effects,\u201d Boyd said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1cg0byz\">\n<aside class=\"css-0\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-az6x7v\">\n<div class=\"css-1hjaa0k\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-0\">\n<div><a name=\"Other-side-effects-of-marijuana\"><\/a><strong>Other side effects of marijuana<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Though CUD in young people is up, Boyd was happy to see that there wasn\u2019t a stark difference in states where it was legalized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCannabis use, especially when heavy, is potentially very harmful for developing brains,\u201d Boyd noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUse of the drug is indeed addictive, can dramatically harm the developing brain, increases the risk of severe mental illness, and can even predict future substance abuse,\u201d said\u00a0<a class=\"content-link css-5r4717\" href=\"https:\/\/learnaboutsam.org\/who-we-are\/leadership-team-2-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Kevin Sabet (opens in a new tab)\">Kevin Sabet<\/a>, PhD, president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that the younger a user is when they initiate use, the greater the odds are that they become addicted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said nearly\u00a0<a class=\"content-link css-5r4717\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/surgeongeneral\/about\/news\/remarks-on-surgeon-general-marijuana-advisory-press-conference.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1 in 5 adolescents<\/a>\u00a0who begin marijuana use while they are young will develop an addiction.<\/p>\n<p>A more recent effect of CUD is uncontrollable vomiting \u2014 something known as cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u201cassuredly only the beginning of new health harms to result from marijuana normalization,\u201d Sabet said.<\/p>\n<p>Recreational and medical users are both at risk to develop an addiction because both markets heavily promote the use of extremely potent products, Sabet said.<\/p>\n<p>Sabet wants to see more done to alert the general public about risks inherent with marijuana use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFolks need to realize they have been routinely fed lies and nonsense from the marijuana industry and they need to do more to pump the brakes on legalization efforts in their own states and at the federal level,\u201d Sabet said.<\/p>\n<p>In related headlines, research presented at the\u00a0<a class=\"content-link css-5r4717\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.heart.org\/news\/cannabis-may-be-linked-to-strokes-and-heart-rhythm-disturbances-in-young-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Heart Association<\/a>\u00a0Scientific Sessions found that younger people with CUD disorder are at an increased risk of heart rhythm problems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new\u00a0studyTrusted Source\u00a0finds that addiction has gone up among young people who live in states where recreational cannabis is legal. The overall rate of addiction remains low, but the findings are concerning for experts. Additionally, experts are learning more about how heavy cannabis use can take a toll on health. Since recreational marijuana was legalized in multiple states, experts have wondered if addiction rates would start to rise. 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