Marijuana-related emergency room visits dropped, accidental poisonings are down and recreational marijuana failed to bring a much-feared spike in adolescent pot use.
The results were detailed Tuesday in the latest report by the Retail Marijuana Public Health Advisory Committee – a group of epidemiologists, toxicologists, psychiatrists, physicians and public health officials studying health-related marijuana trends in Colorado.
The group also reviews scientific literature about the drug, and its latest report offers a one-stop shop for marijuana-related data, including several previously-released surveys.
Emergency room visits dropped by a quarter from 2014 to 2015, the report found. The Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center also reported a drop in the number of marijuana exposure calls from 229 in 2015 to 201 last year. [Read more at The Gazette]