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Marijuana Use Linked to Higher Suicide Risk in Young Adults

Cause-and-effect are not clear, but the trends are stark and troubling

Robert Roy Britt
4 min readJun 22, 2021

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Cannabis has been associated with an increased risk of suicidal thoughts, planning and attempts in people ages 18 to 35. The new findings do not establish cause and effect — the scientists can’t say if smoking pot puts a person at higher risk of…

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Robert Roy Britt

Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB