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Impacts. COVID-19 portal. v. t. e. The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the cannabis industry. Investor's Business Daily said the industry was affected as "customers stock up on prescriptions and recreational customers load up on something to make the lockdown a little more mellow or a little less boring".
Oct 29, 2021 · Discussion. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine trends of cannabis use during the COVID-19 pandemic in a general population sample of U.S. adults. The prevalence of cannabis use in this study population ranged between 9.2 and 11.3% at each wave.
- 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103517
- 2022/02
- Int J Drug Policy. 2022 Feb; 100: 103517.
Dec 21, 2020 · The respiratory risks of cannabis vaping are unclear, but vaping may also increase risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 and/or worsening of COVID-19 outcomes ( 6 ). In the USA, cannabis use increased among seniors between 2015 and 2018 ( 7 ). This is of concern because the most serious complications and highest mortality rates from COVID-19 ...
- Margriet W. van Laar, Pieter E. Oomen, Charlotte J.A. van Miltenburg, Eefje Vercoulen, Tom P. Freema...
- 2020
Aug 5, 2022 · Background While cannabis is known to have immunomodulatory properties, the clinical consequences of its use on outcomes in COVID-19 have not been extensively evaluated. We aimed to assess whether cannabis users hospitalized for COVID-19 had improved outcomes compared to non-users. Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis of 1831 patients admitted to two medical centers in Southern ...
Introduction. Cannabis is legal for medicinal use for qualifying health conditions determined by state within the United States (U.S). Chronic health conditions, such as cancer, are common across states. 1 On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19, the disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a pandemic. 1 The Centers for ...
- 10.1080/10550887.2020.1811455
- Jan-Mar 2021
Cannabis. Cannabis smoking (known colloquially as smoking weed or smoking pot) is the inhalation of smoke or vapor released by heating the flowers, leaves, or extracts of cannabis and releasing the main psychoactive chemical, Δ 9 - tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is absorbed into the bloodstream via the lungs.
Aug 5, 2022 · Propensity matching was used to account for differences in age, body-mass index, sex, race, tobacco smoking history, and comorbidities known to be risk factors for COVID-19 mortality between cannabis users and non-users. Results: Of 1831 patients admitted with COVID-19, 69 patients reported active cannabis use (4% of the cohort). Active users ...
