Stoned California Seniors Headed to ERs By the Thousands: UCSD Study – NBC 6 South Florida
According to researchers, 12,167 California seniors made trips to emergency rooms in 2019 with marijuana-related concerns.
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According to researchers, 12,167 California seniors made trips to emergency rooms in 2019 with marijuana-related concerns.
According to researchers, 12,167 California seniors made trips to emergency rooms in 2019.
People aged 65 and over increasingly turn to pot to fight pain from arthritis and other woes, but the super-potent strains found today can cause everything from dizziness to falls and heart palpitations.
As a growing number of older adults are experimenting with cannabis to help alleviate chronic symptoms, a new University of California San Diego School of Medicine study has identified a sharp increase in cannabis-related emergency department visits among the elderly.
Researchers still don’t know why the rate of marijuana-related emergencies skyrocketed among older adults from 2005 to 2019.