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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 month agoAlso of note, 2024 was the year legalized weed went into effect in Ohio. Does cause equal corralation? Maybe not. But let’s also maybe do a report on where opiotes usage went in 2024 in Ohio. I think there was another state that legalized in 2024 too.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-21 month agoThis was a very short term study at the time, but Colorado saw some 6%, or .7 deaths per month, reduction from time of legalization in 2014 to the end of 2015. Would love to see a longer term study.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoWait…so, they had 30 deaths TOTAL in the year 2000? Damn. I’m fairly sure Ohio in 2015 was in the thousands.
Also of note, 2024 was the year legalized weed went into effect in Ohio.
Does cause equal corralation? Maybe not. But let’s also maybe do a report on where opiotes usage went in 2024 in Ohio.
I think there was another state that legalized in 2024 too.
This was a very short term study at the time, but Colorado saw some 6%, or .7 deaths per month, reduction from time of legalization in 2014 to the end of 2015. Would love to see a longer term study.
Wait…so, they had 30 deaths TOTAL in the year 2000?
Damn. I’m fairly sure Ohio in 2015 was in the thousands.