245% Increase in Cannabis use: Children Are Ditching Alcohol for Marijuana
Marijuana use has increased by 245% in the United States since 2000, while alcohol abuse has decreased, according to a recent study. Cannabis on the rise.
More than 300,000 instances of intentional abuse or misuse were reported to the National Poison Data System over the course of a decade. The majority of these cases involved males, and more than 80% of all reported cases involving teenagers. Over 32% of these instances resulted in worse outcomes.
Over time, the report shows a change in patterns. dextromethorphan was the most reported substance, however, it peaked in 2006 and has decreased since.
Child alcohol abuse has declined over the years despite the fact that in 2000 the largest number of abuse cases involved exposure to Ethanol. From 2000 to 2009, marijuana exposure cases remained relatively stable, but then rose in 2011.
The experts attribute the increase in marijuana use to the increased popularity of cannabis products.
The number of alcohol abuse cases exceeded the number of marijuana cases over the course of a decade. The cannabis trend reversed by the year.
Marijuana exposure cases have exceeded alcohol exposure cases every year since the beginning of the year.
While rates of all cannabis use increased, the highest average monthly increase was found inedible marijuana, suggesting that adolescents have moved away from smoking weed to other forms of consumption. Marijuana extracts, such as those used in cannabis products, were popular.
Cannabis products are marketed in ways that are attractive to young people and they are considered more discreet and convenient.
Studies show that they are not less harmful than they are perceived to be.
Compared to smoking cannabis, intoxication from edible forms of marijuana usually takes several hours, which may lead some individuals to consume greater amounts and experience unexpected and unpredictable highs.
There has been a dramatic increase in the use of cannabis by children in the US. Adult recreational use of cannabis is now legal in 19 states.
While cannabis is only legal for adults and not children, the authors of the study argue that it has made the drug more accessible to children and contributed to a perception that the drug is safe.
Hughes says that their study shows an upward trend in marijuana use by youth. There is an ongoing concern about the impact of cannabis legalization on vulnerable people.
High levels of over-the-counter medication abuse are found in the study. There was the highest number of drug abuse cases related to over-the-counter cold and cough medicine. The study found that oral antihistamines were used a lot.
There were 450 deaths from drug abuse among young people. Males were more likely to die than teens in their late teens. They were most likely to happen after abusing drugs.
Vitamins, plants, melatonin, hand sanitizers, and other objects were included in 57,488 incidents involving children aged 6 to 12. Exposure cases being classified as abuse or misuse limited the research's limitations. There is a chance that additional misuse or abuse cases were missed.
There were trends in intentional use and misuse of ingestions in school-aged children and adolescents reported to US poison centers from 2000 to 2020.
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Source: scitechdaily.com
Alexandria business uses new cannabis THC license for community health
Minnesota legalized Delta-9 cannabis in food and beverages with little to no guidelines for how to regulate or enforce it. The city of Alexandria developed its own rules.
The Alexandria City Council unanimously approved a new city code that regulates the sale of products containing cannabinoids.
The five businesses applied for a license. One application was approved by the city council. They didn't approve the others because the applications are incomplete.
The operating manager of Ebacco's Cannabis said at the meeting that there is a definite place for it in the community but that too much of it isn't good.
After working as a child protection social worker in Manchester, England, for 10 years, he went on to work as a youth pastor in New York and Florida. After dealing with a bad child protective case in the United Kingdom, he moved to Brandon with his wife. Drinks with Delta-9 cannabis are on display at the store.
"I was only going to stay here for a month or two and then I realized there is real therapeutic benefits to a lot of the cannabis we have for sale here," he said.
After talking with local doctors about the benefits of the store's products, he changed the store's approach to health and wellbeing.
He said that they started working with doctors to help people stop smoking. It's all about doing the right thing. If a person is on 20 cigarettes a day, that's 32 carcinogens. There are two carcinogens in an e-liquid.
One of the goals of the shop is to reduce a person's nicotine level by gradually decreasing the nicotine concentration in their e-liquid.
The new approach to health and well-being led to the application for a license to sell the drug. He said that the doctors he has spoken to have tried to prescribe medical marijuana to their patients, but that insurance companies wouldn't cover the costs.
"I came from a strange background to be in a place like this, and I trained as a drug and alcohol counselor," he said with a laugh. I saw a lot of drug use. My brother died of a drug overdose. I think it's strange that I'm in a position where I'm promoting the use of cannabinoids. There is definitely a place for it if it is properly monitored and used.
Those with pain, anxiety, and depression are helped by cannabis use.
He said that the right product for a person's needs should be provided by those selling cannabis.
It's not about someone getting high for me. People will get high if they want to. Legalizing certain levels of cannabis is beneficial. It takes people from going to the street to purchase (THC) cannabis which is not controlled in any way shape or form and has a negative impact on people's mental health and well-being.
In the 70s and 1980s, people who grew marijuana began to produce Cannabidiol or CBD cannabis.
The cannabis plant has a chemical compound that counteracts the effects of cannabis cannabinoids.
A plant created through this process is more potent and psychoactive than it was before. No one needs those levels of the drug.
It is dangerous. It's like throwing the baby out with the bath water if we judge all the strains of marijuana by their legality. When it's in the correct amounts, the therapeutic properties of the drug are amazing.
Customers with chronic pain who have been prescribed opioids for years have been able to wean themselves off of them with the help of Delta-9, Delta-8, THC-O, and Delta-8 cannabis.
There are other versions of cannabis on display at the store.
People who are addicted to prescription painkillers are more likely to abuse heroin, according to the CDC. People build up tolerance towards drugs. They look for a stronger drug when their prescriptions stop working.
"For me, I look at a lot of these products and say, 'This is going to change someone's life,'"
He is picky about substances that people can become addicted to or get adverse side effects from. He said that he doesn't sell anything at the store that he wouldn't want his family to take.
He said that they sell with the intention of addressing issues. We went back to the drawing board and wondered if we could improve people's health. Is it possible for us to help people with the products we sell? If it's done the right way, then yes.
The places that have sold to minors jeopardize the benefits of THC cannabis for the community by creating a negative stigma for those who want to sell their products to help people, according to Worthington.
He said that he was impressed with the way the city council addressed the rules.
They carefully considered how to keep an eye on it. It was difficult but it should have been. You don't want everyone to be able to sell this kind of product. It needs to be done in a certain way. It's good to have accountability for it.
He said that one of the reasons he likes living in the area is that the community looks out for each other.
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Source: www.echopress.com