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Between 2002 and 2012, there was a significant decrease in the perceived risk associated with occasional and regular marijuana use. Younger age, male gender, and past month use were also associated with decreased perceived risk.

Synthetic cannabinoids may have significant potential adverse effects. Chest pain due to myocardial ischemia is rare in adolescents. When evaluating patients with chest pain, it is important to elicit a detailed drug history, specifically inquiring about synthetic cannabinoid use. Urine drug immunoassays may be unreliable and in this case did not detect synthetic cannabinoids.

Carbon monoxide-related accidents involving recreational boating constitute an important and under recognized cause of injury and death in the United States.

In this study, a high proportion of the U.S. population had exposure to uranium. We demonstrated an association between detectable urine uranium concentrations and microalbuminuria in residents of the United States but no association with clinical renal disease.