Analyzing data from 1999 to 2019, researchers found that marijuana legalization is associated with higher opioid death rates, contradicting the marijuana protection hypothesis which proposes that the availability of marijuana reduces deaths from opioids.
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Despite national data reporting youth substance use declined or held steady since the COVID-19 pandemic, youth overdose deaths rose dramatically highlighting how dangerous engaging in substance use is today.
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