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11 New York Middle Schoolers Sickened After Taking THC Gummies, a Growing Problem
A student at a New York middle school gave marijuana gummies to at least a dozen classmates this week, sending nearly all of them to the hospital, police and the school district said.

'Santa Clause', 'Numb3rs', and 'Oppenheimer' Star: I 'Almost Died' From Smoking Pot
David Krumholtz “almost died” after suffering an extreme reaction to smoking pot.
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Medical, Recreational Marijuana Legalization Associated With Higher Rates of Youth Suicide, Study Shows
Female youth aged 12 to 24 and youth of both sexes aged 14 to 16 living in states with legalized medical marijuana or recreational marijuana between 2000 and 2019 had higher rates of death by suicide than youth in states with no such laws, according to a report in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Daily Marijuana Use Outpaces Daily Drinking in the US, a New Study Says
For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana just about every day has surpassed the number who drink that often, a shift some 40 years in the making as recreational pot use became more mainstream and legal in nearly half of U.S. states.

Hallucinogen-Related Emergency Department Visits Surge 54 Percent in California
Observed hallucinogen-associated ED visits increased by 54% between 2016 and 2022, from 2,260 visits to 3,476 visits.