Table 10 Health and safety impacts and cannabis use during the pandemic
From: The COVID-19 pandemic and cannabis use in Canada―a scoping review
Consumption pattern | Study | Key findings |
|---|---|---|
Health and safety impacts | CIHI (2021) | ¬ A substantial increase was observed in emergency departments visits and hospitalizations for cannabis-related harms from March to September 2020 compared with the same period in 2019: • 8% increase in emergency departments visits • 5% increase in hospitalizations |
Currie (2021) | ¬ Pandemic-related PTSD symptoms were associated with more than a twofold increase in the odds of increased alcohol and/or cannabis use in the past month among both women [(2.58 (1.43, 4.63)] and men [2.73 (1.41–5.30)]. |