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The authors found
no significant association between marijuana use and the risk for injury.
This is a unique study approach, but several bias’ may influence the results.
One, the study population are members of an HMO, and may have a higher SES
than the general population. Two, the assessment of marijuana exposure was
crude and was by self-report. Three, no measures of marijuana use are
available at the time of the injury. Source: Braun BL, Tekawa IS,
Gerberich SG, Sidney S. Marijuana use and medically attended injury events.
Annals of Emergency Medicine 32:353-360, 1998. |