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- Title
Health Agencies Update.
- Authors
Jacob, Julie A.
- Abstract
The article presents health agencies update as of December 12, 2015. According to a recent study, Medicaid programs paid 8 billion dollars for medical care related to severe obesity in the U.S. in 2013. Data from 2 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism surveys conducted a decade apart shows that the percentage of US adults who use marijuana doubled from 4.1 percent to 9.5 percent between 2001-2002 and 2012-2013.
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2015, Vol 314, Issue 24, p2607
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article