SAFER - MYTH: Emergency-room visits for marijuana are more prevalent than for other drugs

MYTH: Emergency-room visits for marijuana are more prevalent than for other drugs

FACT: Unlike alcohol-related hospital emergencies (typically injuries and overdoses), marijuana-

related hospital emergencies are almost always unrelated matters in which the person

mentions they use or have used marijuana. Since far more people use marijuana than

other drugs, far more people mention marijuana than other drugs when they visit the

emergency room.

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