{"id":604923,"date":"2023-02-05T13:49:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T19:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/05\/frequent-marijuana-use-by-colorado-youths-associated-with-psychotic-disorders\/"},"modified":"2023-02-05T13:49:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T19:49:26","slug":"frequent-marijuana-use-by-colorado-youths-associated-with-psychotic-disorders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/05\/frequent-marijuana-use-by-colorado-youths-associated-with-psychotic-disorders\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequent marijuana use by Colorado youths associated with psychotic disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Colorado became the first in the nation in 2012 to make the recreational use of marijuana legal. In the following year when recreational marijuana sales got underway, Colorado\u2019s General Assembly mandated the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) to produce a report every two years by Jan. 31 on the health effects of marijuana use and trends in marijuana use among Coloradans.<\/p>\n

The 2022 summary and report w<\/a>ere released this week and delivered to the General Assembly, the Colorado Department of Revenue, and the state Board of Health. The decade of recreational marijuana use by the Mile High states shows a few positive trends.<\/p>\n

-13.3 percent of youth used marijuana within the past month- a decrease from 20.6 percent in 2019 <\/p>\n

-60.4 percent of youth think regular marijuana use is risky \u2013 an increase from 50.1 percent in 2019<\/p>\n

-Students driving after using marijuana decreased from 11.2 percent in 2019 to 5.5 percent in 2021 <\/p>\n

-6.8 percent of new mothers reported using marijuana during pregnancy, a decrease from 8.2 percent in 2019, and is less prevalent that alcohol and e-cigarette use <\/p>\n

But not all trends are positive. CDPHE reports Substantial Evidence on the Health Effects of Marijuana Use\/Consumption on Adolescents and Young Adults including some of these findings:<\/p>\n

Daily or near-daily marijuana use by adolescents and young adults is strongly associ<\/strong>ated<\/strong> with developing a psychotic disorder such as schizophrenia in adulthood. These symptoms are worse with higher doses<\/p>\n

Marijuana use by adolescents and young adults is strongly associated with developing psychotic symptoms in adulthood, such as hallucinations, paranoia, and delusional beliefs. The risk is higher with more frequent use and among those who start using marijuana at a younger age. <\/p>\n

Daily or near-daily marijuana users can experience withdrawal <\/strong>symptoms when abstaining. <\/p>\n

Marijuana users can become <\/strong>\u201caddicte<\/strong>d\u201d to marijuana. <\/p>\n

Weekly or more frequent marijuana use by adolescents is strongly associated wi<\/strong>th failure to graduate from high school.<\/p>\n

CDPHE\u201ds statements of Substantial Evidence on the Health Effects of Marijuana Use\/Consumption on\u00a0Driving include:<\/p>\n

Driving soon after using marijuana increases the risk of a motor vehicle crash. <\/p>\n

Using alcohol and marijuana together <\/strong>increases i<\/strong>mpair<\/strong>ment and the risk of a motor vehicle crash more than using either substance alone. <\/p>\n

The typical marijuana cigarette or joint in Colorado contains approximately 0.5 grams of marijuana, and the THC content in marijuana ranges from 12 to 23 percent THC; therefore, a typical joint contains between 60-115 mg of <\/strong>THC. For less-than-weekly marijuana users, smoking marijuana containing 10 mg or more of THC is likely to cause impairment that affects one\u2019s ability to drive, bike, or perform other safety-sensitive activities.<\/p>\n

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\n Dan Flynn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colorado became the first in the nation in 2012 to make the recreational use of marijuana legal. In the following year when recreational marijuana sales got underway, Colorado\u2019s General Assembly mandated the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) to produce a report every two years by Jan. 31 on the health effects of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":604924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29798,22545],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-604923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-frequent","category-marijuana"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}