Characteristics and Trends of Prehospital Encounters for Opioid Overdoses Among US Youth, 2018-2022, in JAMA
key takeaway: "Adolescents aged 12 through 17 years were the only age group with a significantly increasing trend both before (2.8 per month, 95% CI 1.4-4.2) and during (1.6 per month, 95% CI 0.5-2.6) the pandemic."
Cannabis Laws and Utilization of Medications for the Treatment of Mental Health Disorders, in JAMA Network Open
key takeaway: "This study suggests that cannabis laws may be significantly associated with the population-level use of prescription drugs to treat mental health disorders, although the associations vary by drug class and state."