Understanding the role of cannabis in patients with suicidal ideation presenting to the emergency department: systematic chart review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between cannabis use and suicidality has been established, but details on impacts of legalisation, as well as long-term service use, have had limited attention.

Aims

To examine if changes are present in suicide presentations with access to legal cannabis.

Method

This study employed administrative database and medical record reviews to identify two cohorts of patients presenting with suicidal ideation/attempts and cannabis use to emergency departments, for two periods: 17 October 2018 to 30 April 2019, and 17 October 2020 to 30 April 2021. Demographic and clinical outcome data were obtained, and emergency department healthcare usage for 2 years before and 2 years after index encounter were compared, to further understand emergency department

SUBMITTER: Simmons M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12451717 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature