In a recent California-based study examining substance-associated emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations from 2016 to 2022, which substance showed the most significant change and relative rise in ED visits and hospitalizations: hallucinogens, alcohol, or cannabis?
From 2016 to 2022, investigators observed the highest increase in ED visits and hospitalizations related to hallucinogens (with rises of 54% and 55%, respectively).
Garel N, Tate S, Nash K, Lembke A. Trends in hallucinogen-associated emergency department visits and hospitalizations in California, USA, from 2016 to 2022. Addiction. 2024;119(5):960-964. doi:10.1111/add.16432
Contributed by Kristin Reinaker, PharmD, DABAT on behalf of Maram Ayadi, PharmD candidate 2025
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