Changes in Exposures of US Children Ages 12 and Under to Cannabis from 2000 to 2024.

IF 3.1 3区医学 Q1 SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Journal of Addiction Medicine Pub Date : 2026-06-26 DOI:10.1097/ADM.0000000000001720

Raymond E Bertino, Ryan Feldman, Jerrold B Leikin

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Abstract

Objectives: In the United States, significant federal cannabis policy changes occurred in 2009, 2013, and in 2018. This study reviews trends in reported cannabis exposures to children in light of those policy changes.

Methods: Retrospective descriptive observational time-trend analysis. Secondary analysis of annual data from US poison centers. Participants were cases reported to US poison centers and entered in the National Poison Data System from 2000 to 2024. Rates of pediatric cannabis exposures reported to America's Poison Centers are given, along with trends in those exposures.

Results: Reported pediatric exposures of the under-6-year age group to cannabis were stable from 2000 to 2009. Starting in 2010, exposures began to increase, with the rise continuing to 2024, the most recent year of data availability. Between 2009 and 2024, such exposures increased by 6386% from 132 to a total of 8430 exposures. Cannabis exposures in the 6-12 age group also increased during the same period (increase from 21 to 2894; 13,781%).

Conclusions: There was an increase of more than 6000% in reported pediatric exposures to cannabis in the United States between 2009 and 2024 in both the under-6 and the 6-12 years age groups. This rise is temporally associated with changes in federal cannabis policy that began in 2009. Because of the negative effects on children's health, public health policy adjustments are warranted.

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2000年至2024年美国12岁及以下儿童大麻暴露的变化

在美国，联邦大麻政策在2009年、2013年和2018年发生了重大变化。根据这些政策变化，本研究回顾了报告的儿童接触大麻的趋势。方法：回顾性描述性观察时间趋势分析。对美国中毒中心年度数据的二次分析。参与者是报告给美国毒物中心的病例，并在2000年至2024年期间进入国家毒物数据系统。报告给美国中毒中心的儿童大麻暴露率，以及这些暴露的趋势。结果：报告的6岁以下儿童大麻暴露量从2000年到2009年保持稳定。从2010年开始，暴露量开始增加，并持续到2024年，这是可获得数据的最近一年。从2009年到2024年，这种暴露增加了6386%，从132次增加到总共8430次。6-12岁年龄组的大麻暴露在同一时期也有所增加（从21增加到2894；13,781%）。结论：在2009年至2024年期间，美国6岁以下和6-12岁年龄组的儿童大麻暴露报告增加了6000%以上。这一增长暂时与2009年开始的联邦大麻政策的变化有关。由于对儿童健康的负面影响，有必要调整公共卫生政策。

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Journal of Addiction Medicine 医学-药物滥用

CiteScore

6.10

自引率

9.10%

发文量

260

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The mission of Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, is to promote excellence in the practice of addiction medicine and in clinical research as well as to support Addiction Medicine as a mainstream medical sub-specialty. Under the guidance of an esteemed Editorial Board, peer-reviewed articles published in the Journal focus on developments in addiction medicine as well as on treatment innovations and ethical, economic, forensic, and social topics including: •addiction and substance use in pregnancy •adolescent addiction and at-risk use •the drug-exposed neonate •pharmacology •all psychoactive substances relevant to addiction, including alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, marijuana, opioids, stimulants and other prescription and illicit substances •diagnosis •neuroimaging techniques •treatment of special populations •treatment, early intervention and prevention of alcohol and drug use disorders •methodological issues in addiction research •pain and addiction, prescription drug use disorder •co-occurring addiction, medical and psychiatric disorders •pathological gambling disorder, sexual and other behavioral addictions •pathophysiology of addiction •behavioral and pharmacological treatments •issues in graduate medical education •recovery •health services delivery •ethical, legal and liability issues in addiction medicine practice •drug testing •self- and mutual-help.