Marijuana users are 22% more likely to visit and go to the emergency room –

People who use recreational marijuana need more emergency care or hospitalization than their peers, according to a new study.

Researchers at the Canadian University of Toronto found that recreational drug users are 22% more likely than the general population to seek emergency services for any reason.

The most common causes were physical injuries or respiratory problems, although it is not clear whether these problems are related to smoking itself.

Marijuana use became widespread in America as it was gradually legalized and decriminalized across the country. Although generally seen as a “safe” drug compared to others, it can also have significant disadvantages.

“After adjusting for a wide range of variables… the number of emergency room visits or all-cause hospitalizations was significantly higher among cannabis users than among control subjects,” the researchers wrote.

“Respiratory causes were the second most common cause of emergency room visits and hospitalizations for all causes.”

The researchers, who published their findings Monday in the BMJ, collected health data from more than 35,000 Ontario residents for the study.

The ages of the participants ranged from 12 to 65, and the data between 2009 and 2015 were included in the study.

Each person who reported using cannabis was matched with another person with a similar medical profile who did not use the drug recreationally.

It was found that the participant who took the drug had a 22% higher risk of emergency care or hospitalization than their non-medicated peers during the six-year study period.

The researchers found that marijuana users were not more likely to die from illness or injury.

The researchers caution that their findings show no causal relationship and in no way directly connect any of the hospital visits to the use of the drug.

However, this isn’t the first study to link marijuana use to an increased risk of injury.

A 2012 study found that students who used marijuana more than 40 times in a 30-day period — indicating frequent use — had a higher risk of work-related injury than their peers.

A study published last year also found that frequent young users are more likely to self-harm and die from an overdose of another drug or become a victim of homicide than their peers.

As drug use becomes more socially and legally acceptable, recreational marijuana use is reaching an all-time high in the United States.

Marijuana is now legal for recreational use in 17 US states and medically authorized in 17 other states

A survey last summer found that half of American adults have used the drug at least once in their lives, and one in 10 is actively using it.

Millennials, born between 1981 and 1996, were the group that chose to experience it.

Use of the drug is only expected to increase due to its slow adoption across the country.

Many employers that previously banned their employees from using drugs and have since introduced pre-drug screening: removed these requirements †

The long-banned drug is also starting to become legal, with 17 US states allowing recreational use, and the list is only expected to grow in the next few years.