Impact of Medical Marijuana Legalization on Opioid Use, Chronic Opioid Use, and High-risk Opioid Use.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To determine the association of medical marijuana legalization with prescription opioid utilization. METHODS:A 10% sample of a nationally representative database of commercially insured population was used to gather information on opioid use, chronic opioid use, and high-risk opioid use for the years 2006-2014. Adults with pharmacy and medical benefits for the entire calendar year were included in the population for that year. Multilevel logistic regression analysis, controlling for patient, person-year, and state-level factors, were used to determine the impact of medical marijuana legalization on the three opioid use measures. Sub-group analysis among cancer-free adults and cancer-free adults with at least one chronic non-cancer pain condition in the particular year were conduc

SUBMITTER: Shah A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6667507 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature