Changes in psychosis-related emergency department and hospitalization rates among youth following cannabis legalization in Colorado
Drug and Alcohol Dependence May 1, 2025 Spruha Joshi, Kyle M. Snyder, Christian Thurstone et al.
An increasing number of U.S. states have legalized cannabis, but the effect on adolescent and young adult psychosis-related hospitalizations remains under-studied. Using data from Denver Health between 2005–2020, we examined associations between implementation of the Ogden Memo (expanding use of medical cannabis in Colorado, October 2009) and Amendment 64 (legalizing adult-use cannabis in...