With a majority of states now permitting medical cannabis treatment, a new study has found a sharp increase in its usage over the last decade.
The study, published this month in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that “prevalence of US residents using cannabis for medical purposes increased significantly from 1.2% in 2013-2014 to 2.5% in 2019-2020, with an [average annual percentage] of 12.9%.”
The authors additionally noted that “many of socio-demographic and clinical subgroups showed similar significant increases in cannabis use for medical purposes.”
“In the multivariable-adjusted model, living in a state that legalized medical cannabis remained significantly
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