Greater Risk for Frequent Marijuana Use and Problems Among Young Adult Marijuana Users with a Medical Marijuana Card

As of 2018, more than half the states in the U.S. have legalized the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Whether passage of medical marijuana (MM) laws has caused an increase in marijuana use among young people has been challenging to discern (D ’Amico et al., 2017; Pacula et al., 2013; Pacula and Smart, 2017). Nonetheless, it is clear that both marijuana use and cannabis use disorder (CUD) has increased among young adults since the early 2000s (Caulkins et al., 2015; Grucza et al., 2016; Hasin et al., 2015; Schulenberg et al., 2017).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - November 6, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Joan S. Tucker, Anthony Rodriguez, Eric R. Pedersen, Rachana Seelam, Regina A. Shih, Elizabeth J. D ’Amico Tags: Full length article Source Type: research