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Recreational Cannabis Legalization and Opioid-Related Deaths in Colorado, 2000–2015
Posted on 10/16/17 at 5:23 pm
Posted on 10/16/17 at 5:23 pm
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Objectives. To examine the association between Colorado’s legalization of recreational cannabis use and opioid-related deaths.
Methods. We used an interrupted time-series design (2000–2015) to compare changes in level and slope of monthly opioid-related deaths before and after Colorado stores began selling recreational cannabis. We also describe the percent change in opioid-related deaths by comparing the unadjusted model-smoothed number of deaths at the end of follow-up with the number of deaths just prior to legalization.
Results. Colorado’s legalization of recreational cannabis sales and use resulted in a 0.7 deaths per month (b?=?-0.68; 95% confidence interval?=?-1.34, -0.03) reduction in opioid-related deaths. This reduction represents a reversal of the upward trend in opioid-related deaths in Colorado.
Conclusions. Legalization of cannabis in Colorado was associated with short-term reductions in opioid-related deaths. As additional data become available, research should replicate these analyses in other states with legal recreational cannabis.
Objectives. To examine the association between Colorado’s legalization of recreational cannabis use and opioid-related deaths.
Methods. We used an interrupted time-series design (2000–2015) to compare changes in level and slope of monthly opioid-related deaths before and after Colorado stores began selling recreational cannabis. We also describe the percent change in opioid-related deaths by comparing the unadjusted model-smoothed number of deaths at the end of follow-up with the number of deaths just prior to legalization.
Results. Colorado’s legalization of recreational cannabis sales and use resulted in a 0.7 deaths per month (b?=?-0.68; 95% confidence interval?=?-1.34, -0.03) reduction in opioid-related deaths. This reduction represents a reversal of the upward trend in opioid-related deaths in Colorado.
Conclusions. Legalization of cannabis in Colorado was associated with short-term reductions in opioid-related deaths. As additional data become available, research should replicate these analyses in other states with legal recreational cannabis.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 5:25 pm to DavidTheGnome
I have long believed this would be the case. It's great to see the numbers actually bare that hunch out.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 5:25 pm to DavidTheGnome
But there was an increase in low speed traffic accidents.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 5:25 pm to DavidTheGnome
“It’s better to be dead than be a pothead.”
- Abraham Lincoln(1862)
- Abraham Lincoln(1862)
Posted on 10/16/17 at 5:26 pm to DavidTheGnome
What is the p value of that study?
Posted on 10/16/17 at 5:27 pm to Cosmo
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What is the p value of that study?
p > .05 grams
This post was edited on 10/16/17 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 10/16/17 at 5:28 pm to kingbob
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I have long believed this would be the case. It's great to see the numbers actually bare that hunch out.
The only way it makes sense to me is for people who use cannabis as an analgesic or some other legitimate type of medicine, because opiates and pot aren't really comparable in terms of a high.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 5:29 pm to DavidTheGnome
I'm surprised that the # of vagrants who've flocked to Colorado didn't skew the numbers to paint a different picture.
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