Regulating Marijuana Use in the United States: Moving Past the Gateway Hypothesis of Drug Use

Jason F Arnold¹, Robert M Sade¹

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¹ Jason F. Arnold, J.D., M.P.H., is a fellow at the New York Academy of Medicine and Assistant Director of the Clinical and Translational Research Ethics Program at the Medical University of South Carolina. He serves as Associate Editor (Law and Ethics) of the Journal of Global Health Leadership and as a member of the Clinical Research Ethics Consultation Collaborative, a national network of bioethicists who provide advice on ethical challenges encountered while conducting research. Robert M. Sade, M.D., is Distinguished University Professor, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Director of the Institute of Human Values in Health Care, and Director of the South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (Clinical and Translational Science Award) Clinical Research Ethics Core at the Medical University of South Carolina. He currently chairs the Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum and serves as Associate Editor (Ethics) of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. He is a former chair of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Ethics Committee, the Society of Thoracic Surgeon's Standards and Ethics Committee, and the American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs.

PMID: 32631178
DOI: 10.1177/1073110520935339

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Regulating Marijuana Use in the United States: Moving Past the Gateway Hypothesis of Drug Use

Jason F Arnold et al. J Law Med Ethics. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;48(2):275-278.

doi: 10.1177/1073110520935339.

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Jason F Arnold¹, Robert M Sade¹

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¹ Jason F. Arnold, J.D., M.P.H., is a fellow at the New York Academy of Medicine and Assistant Director of the Clinical and Translational Research Ethics Program at the Medical University of South Carolina. He serves as Associate Editor (Law and Ethics) of the Journal of Global Health Leadership and as a member of the Clinical Research Ethics Consultation Collaborative, a national network of bioethicists who provide advice on ethical challenges encountered while conducting research. Robert M. Sade, M.D., is Distinguished University Professor, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Director of the Institute of Human Values in Health Care, and Director of the South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (Clinical and Translational Science Award) Clinical Research Ethics Core at the Medical University of South Carolina. He currently chairs the Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum and serves as Associate Editor (Ethics) of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. He is a former chair of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Ethics Committee, the Society of Thoracic Surgeon's Standards and Ethics Committee, and the American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs.

PMID: 32631178
DOI: 10.1177/1073110520935339

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Many studies have shown that marijuana can negatively affect the cognitive development of adolescents. For some individuals, marijuana use may also initiate opioid use, dose escalation, and opioid use disorder. States that legalize marijuana should help adolescents through regulation of advertising and availability of marijuana-infused edibles. Such policies may assist in protecting neurodevelopment of the adolescent and young adult brain. The federal government should also remove its prohibition of marijuana sales and use, leaving their regulation to state law-makers.

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Williams AR. Williams AR. J Law Med Ethics. 2020 Jun;48(2):268-274. doi: 10.1177/1073110520935338. J Law Med Ethics. 2020. PMID: 32631185 Free PMC article.

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