大麻合法化后,大麻参与急诊室焦虑症诊所的变化:一项重复的横截面研究
Stephen D S McCarthy1, Jennifer Xiao1, Michael Pugliese2
1Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Lancet regional health. Americas
|July 8, 2024
概括
在安大略省,大麻合法化与因涉及大麻的焦虑障碍而访问急诊室的数量显著增加有关. 这一趋势凸显出潜在的公共卫生问题,需要持续监测.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 大麻研究 大麻研究
背景情况:
- 全球大麻合法化趋势引发了人们对焦虑症潜在增加的担忧.
- 这项研究调查了大麻合法化与加拿大安大略省焦虑症急诊室 (ED) 访问之间的联系.
研究的目的:
- 在医疗和非医疗大麻合法化期间,检查有关大麻参与的焦虑障碍ED访问的变化.
- 为了比较大麻参与的趋势与作为对照的酒精参与.
主要方法:
- 一项以人口为基础的研究分析了2008年至2022年在安大略省居民 (10-105岁) 焦虑障碍的ED访问.
- 用中断时间序列分析来评估四个不同的政策时期的变化.
- 波桑模型计算了发病率比率,以评估大麻和酒精参与的趋势.
主要成果:
- 在14年的时间里,3880个人因大麻涉及的焦虑而接受ED访问.
- 在商业化/COVID-19期间,与合法化前相比,每月焦虑ED访问与大麻相关的月率增加了156%.
- 涉及大麻的焦虑ED访问的比例在商业化/COVID-19期间立即呈现31.4%的相对增加.
结论:
- 在大麻合法化后,观察到与大麻有关的焦虑障碍ED访问的相对显著增加.
- 研究结果表明,大麻使用与焦虑恶化之间存在潜在联系,或增加了对大麻焦虑的自我治疗.
- 持续监测至关重要,以了解市场商业化和COVID-19大流行对这些趋势的影响.
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