Canadian researchers report that 500-plus children under the age of 10 had to be taken to emergency departments (EDs) across Ontario for cannabis poisoning over a five-year period straddling pre- and post-legalization of recreational weed.
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In a study published today in JAMA Network Open, Ontario saw nine times more such ED visits monthly following legalization, notes a press release detailing the findings of researchers from The Ottawa Hospital, the Bruyère Research Institute, the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction and The Hospital For Sick Children.
Investigators call the study a first, given that if reflects the experience of an entire region as opposed to
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