ReviewEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2024
The impact of recreational cannabis legalization on youth: the Colorado experience.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cannabis consumption and risk of asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Pooled it
- How Cannabis Advertising and Price-Based Sales Promotion Shape Early Use: A National Study of Adolescents and Young Adults.Substance use & misuse · 2026Article
- Adult-use cannabis legalization in the united states: a scoping review of outcome monitoring recommendations.BMC public health · 2025Article
- A Systematic Review: Investigating Biomarkers of Anhedonia and Amotivation in Depression and Cannabis Use.JAACAP open · 2025Review
- Cannabis Use in Adolescents.Delaware journal of public health · 2025Article
- Cannabis-Associated Emergencies in the Emergency Department.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2025Review
- Changes in psychosis-related emergency department and hospitalization rates among youth following cannabis legalization in Colorado.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
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- Exploring the impact of drug decriminalization and legalization policies on mental health outcomes: A scoping review.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Evolution of the substance use landscape: Implications for contingency management.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2025Review
- Cannabis Use and Clinical Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults With Diabetes: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2025Article
- Cannabis Use during Pregnancy: An Update.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
- The Impact of Childhood Mental Health and Substance Use on Methylation Aging Into Adulthood.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2024Article
- The Developmental Trajectory to Cannabis Use Disorder.The American journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- A systematic review of evidence on integrated management of psychiatric disorders in youth who use cannabis.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2024Review
- Editorial: Marijuana Legalization and Suicide in Adolescents and Transitional-Age Youth: Important Future Directions for This Line of Research.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2024Article
- Multilevel associations of peer cognitive factors and adolescent cannabis use in a legal recreational cannabis region.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Adolescent Cannabis Use, Comorbid Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and Other Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders.Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America · 2023Review
- Relationship between mandatory warning signs for cannabis use during pregnancy policies and birth outcomes in the Western United States.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
Over the past two decades, cannabis policies have liberalized in the United States, culminating in the legalization of recreational cannabis in Colorado and Washington state in 2012. This review will focus on the impact of recreational cannabis legalization in Colorado. While the prevalence of past-year and past-month cannabis use has remained relatively steady among adolescents post-legalization, the prevalence of young adult use has continued to rise. Cannabis products with increased potency have become more prevalent and widely used. There are concerns that the use of products with increased potency will increase risk for cannabis use and comorbid mental health disorders, particularly cannabis-induced psychosis and suicidal behavior, although more research is needed to fully understand the impact of high-potency products. Since the legalization of recreational cannabis, numerous additional public health concerns have emerged: unintentional overdoses requiring acute care visits, electronic vaping-associated lung injury, increased motor vehicle collisions related to cannabis consumption, and higher rates of cannabis use during pregnancy. Lessons learned from the first decade of cannabis legalization emphasize the need for research efforts to provide evidence-based guidelines, inform prevention strategies, and implement selective interventions for at-risk populations including youth, individuals with comorbid mental health disorders, and individuals who are pregnant.
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