Link in Bio. 🇺🇸 One out of six primary care patients in America said they use MJ in a new survey of canna use. The study was conducted by researchers at UCLA Los Angeles, who write that a third of consumers reported use at levels "indicative of moderate to high risk for ca**abis use disorder."
The research, published by jamanetwork, suggests that many consumers use it for medicinal purposes, despite characterizing their use as recreational. (Can't it be both?)
Researchers say the findings indicate a need for routine canna-screenings of primary care patients. Currently, few healthcare systems offer screenings for MJ use in the primary care setting: “Patients may not tell their primary care providers about their ca**abis use, and their doctors may not ask about it,” lead author Dr. Lillian Gelberg, said in a statement to UCLA Health. “Not asking patients about their ca**abis use results in a missed opportunity for opening up doctor-patient communication regarding use of ca**abis gene...
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