It has been questioned if cannabis (marijuana) users have any impairment in healing following traumatic injury. This study used a retrospective chart review over a 2 year period from a Level I trauma center on patients having a toxicology report and a Injury Severity Score of more than 16.
Differences in presenting characteristics, hospital length of stay, intensive care unit (ICU) stays, ventilator days, and death were compared between marijuana only users to non drug users, mixed drug and marijuana users, and mixed drug without marijuana users.
Patients who had suffered severe injury and happened to be current marijuana users did not have any detrimental outcomes compared to non drug users. This is good news for lovers of mother natures medicinal plant.
