{"id":8814,"date":"2019-08-05T23:03:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T23:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/?p=3587795"},"modified":"2019-08-05T23:03:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T23:03:59","slug":"more-edible-pot-among-colorado-teen-users-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/more-edible-pot-among-colorado-teen-users-study-says\/","title":{"rendered":"More edible pot among Colorado teen users, study says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/more-edible-pot-among-colorado-teen-users-study-says\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/more-edible-pot-among-colorado-teen-users-study-says.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/08\/05\/colorado-teen-edible-marijuana-users-study\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dp-news-marijuana+%28Denver+Post%3A+News%3A+Marijuana%29&amp;utm_content=Google+UK#comments-anchor\"><span class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"3587795\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some teenagers in Colorado, where marijuana is legal for adults, are shifting away from smoking in favor of edible cannabis products, a medical study released Monday shows.<\/p>\n<p>About 78% of the Colorado high school students who reported consuming marijuana in 2017 said they usually smoked it, down from 87% two years earlier. The number of teens who usually consumed edibles climbed to about 10% from 2% in the same period, while the number of users dabbing increased to about 7.5% from 4%.<\/p>\n<p>Research about the way young people consume marijuana products is still limited, and the study\u2019s lead author said Colorado\u2019s survey data could provide valuable insight for public health researchers and regulators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the implementation of retail marijuana sales, we haven\u2019t seen an increase in use among youth but we are seeing a difference in how young people are consuming,\u201d said Kayla Tormohlen, a Ph.D. candidate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. \u201cUnderstanding that can help to inform public health efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics is based on high schoolers\u2019 responses to Colorado\u2019s biennial health survey in 2015 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p>At least three other states that permit adult marijuana use \u2014 Alaska, Oregon and Washington \u2014 also include questions about how teens consume marijuana on state health surveys.<\/p>\n<p>In Colorado and other states, edibles are tightly regulated, including limits on the amount of THC, the compound in marijuana that creates users\u2019 high feeling. In each marked dose, dispensary employees warn that customers should wait several hours to feel the effects of one portion before eating more. Information about the health effects of dabbing \u2014 heating or vaporizing an oil or wax with a high THC level and inhaling the vapors \u2014 is limited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese modes are important to monitor because of their unique psychoactive associations, and potential harms, including unintentional overconsumption with edibles and an increased physiological tolerance and withdrawal associated with the high tetrahydrocannabinol levels of cannabis concentrates used for dabbing,\u201d the researchers wrote.<\/p>\n<p>State and federal surveys have found teen use of marijuana remained relatively stable since Colorado began allowing adults to buy and use marijuana in 2014. In 2017, 1 in 5 Colorado students said they had recently consumed marijuana in any form \u2014 about the national average, said Jessica Neuwirth, the Colorado Department of Public Health\u2019s retail marijuana education and youth prevention coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>She said state public health researchers are always reevaluating the survey\u2019s questions and teens\u2019 responses, with input from other states\u2019 agencies doing the same work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in certain ways leading the country in trying to figure out what are the right questions to ask and how do you ask those questions,\u201d Neuwirth said.<\/p>\n<p>Sales data has consistently showed adults consumers are trending toward non-smoking products, said David Abernathy, vice president of data and government affairs for The ArcView Group.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s latest analysis of marijuana product sales shows traditional flower for smoking still makes up the majority of legal sales but vape cartridges and edible products continue to gain in popularity. Abernathy said he\u2019s not surprised by the study\u2019s results showing the illegal market for marijuana following that trend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen that in states with a more competitive legal market, the illicit market has shrunk substantially,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s the biggest thing we can do to keep cannabis out of the hands of teenagers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Colorado, customers must be 21 to enter dispensaries and make purchases. Only 3% of teens who reported using marijuana in 2017 said they bought products from a dispensary.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 40% reported buying it from someone else. 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