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. 2022 Jan 4;5(1):e2142521.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42521.

Unintentional Pediatric Cannabis Exposures After Legalization of Recreational Cannabis in Canada

Daniel T Myran  1 , Nathan Cantor  1 , Yaron Finkelstein  2 , Michael Pugliese  3 , Astrid Guttmann  3 , Rebecca Jesseman  4 , Peter Tanuseputro  5
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Unintentional Pediatric Cannabis Exposures After Legalization of Recreational Cannabis in Canada

Daniel T Myran et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines changes in emergency department visits and hospitalizations due to cannabis exposures among children after legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure.. Monthly Emergency Department (ED) Visits Due to Cannabis Exposures Among Children
Blue dots indicate observed rate; orange line, time-adjusted estimated rate; blue bars, monthly value of sales of legal commercial cannabis edible products (in millions $CAD); period 1, legalization of flower-based cannabis products; period 2, introduction of legal commercial edible cannabis products. To comply with privacy requirements at ICES (formerly the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences), the rate of visits in months with 1 to 5 ED visits has been adjusted to represent the mean rate (0.14 monthly visits per 100 000 individuals) of all months during the study with 1 to 5 ED visits. The estimated trend line and analysis are based on unadjusted observed data.
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