Marijuana and other illicit drug use and the risk of injury: a case-control study
Vinson, D.C.
Missouri Medicine 103(2): 152-156
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-6620 PMID: 16703715 Document Number: 602420
Assess the associations between marijuana or other illicit drug use and injury risk. Case-control study. Cases were emergency department patients with acute injury. Age-sex matched controls were interviewed by telephone. Marijuana use in the past seven days was associated with decreased risk, and use of other illicit drugs was associated with increased risk. Controlling for confounding had little effect. Marijuana use may be associated with a decreased risk of injury. Other illicit drug use was associated with increased risk.