The study looked at whether using dagga is linked to seeking medical help for anxiety. Researchers checked health records from Ontario, Canada, between 2008 and 2019. They focused on people who hadn’t gone to the doctor for anxiety before and compared those who went to the emergency room (ER) for dagga-related reasons to those who didn’t use dagga.
Out of all the people without a history of anxiety-related doctor visits, about 0.29% went to the ER because of dagga. Within three years after this ER visit, around 12.3% of them went to the doctor for anxiety, much more than the 1.2% in the general population.
When they looked at people who hadn’t seen a doctor for anxiety before, they found that about 23.6% of those who went to the ER for dagga ended up seeking help for anxiety within three years, compared to just 5.6% of those who didn’t use dagga. The risk of seeking help for anxiety after going to the ER for dagga was higher for people of all ages and genders. But, younger guys who went to the ER for dagga had a bigger risk compared to younger women.
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