“[T]he impacts of recreational cannabis legalization on psychiatric and psychosocial outcomes are otherwise minimal,” researchers concluded.
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Regulators and other concerned parties should seek to provide the public with more comprehensive safety information about the effects of more potent products, and they should continue to ensure that legal products do not get diverted to the youth market. Such actions will ultimately be far more productive than calling for a return to the failures of marijuana prohibition.
“The limited popularity of these products is a predictable outgrowth of criminal marijuana prohibition. As one would expect, there exists little demand for these unregulated synthetic products in an environment where whole-plant cannabis is legal and regulated.”
Investigators concluded, “Consistent with estimates from prior studies, there [is] little evidence that [marijuana legalization laws] encourage youth marijuana use.”
Overall, statewide legalization laws have not led to a spike in teen use, NIDA’s Director acknowledged.
“We found that the legalization of recreational marijuana use in Colorado and Washington did not result in an increase in [drug] treatment admissions.”
“We found that the legalization of recreational marijuana use in Colorado and Washington did not result in an increase in SUD [substance use disorder] treatment admissions for cocaine, opioids, or methamphetamines among adolescents or emerging adults.”
"It is often assumed individuals using hemp-derived products will test negative for THC. Current results indicate this may not be true."