US / Canada: Teenage cannabis addiction doubles in 7 years: opioid use disorders (OUD)
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USA and Canada:
According to a recent study
In the United States and Canada, the number of teenagers who are addicted to cannabis,
It has doubled between 2013 and 2020.
Teens using cannabis:
“A teenager who said he smoked cannabis within the last 30 days”
“It has increased seven-fold from 1.6% to 8.4% in the last seven years.”
CDC research:
According to the CDC, cannabis has a negative effect on adolescent brain development.
A comprehensive analysis of 17 research reports in Canada and the United States under the age of 18.
The target number is 200,000.
This study:
In October, it was published in “JAMA Pediatrics”, a magazine specializing in pediatrics and adolescent health.
The Epoch Times
https://www.epochtimes.jp/2021/11/82507.html
JAMA Health Forum – Health Policy, Health Care Reform, Health Affairs | JAMA Health Forum
Introduction
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severely disrupted critical treatment and recovery supports for individuals
with opioid and other substance use disorders (SUD), even as
more than 93 000 Americans were dying from drug poisonings.
Shelter-in-place orders led to reduced social support,
disruptions to work or job loss,
and increased psychological distress.These factors can exacerbate substance misuse and increase risk of relapse for those in recovery.
Early evidence shows that
substance misuse, including opioid use disorders (OUD), increased during the pandemic.Abstract
Importance
Federal and state governments
implemented temporary strategies for providing access to opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.Advocates hope
many of these policies become permanent because of their potential to expand access to care.
Objective
To consider the multitude of ways access to and utilization of treatment for individuals with OUD
might have been expanded by state and federal policy so researchers can do a better job evaluating the effectiveness of specific policy approaches, which will depend on the interaction with other state policies.
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