Trends in urine screening positive for cannabis of emergency department admissions in Israel 2016-2024.

Of all screened patients, 16.8% ( N = 3361) were cannabis-positive, rising from 15.4% ( n = 112) in January-June/2016 to 17.6% ( n = 246) in January-June/2024 ( p < 0.001), with an increasing trend ( p = 0.003) among the aged 25-64y group ( n = 11901) from 16.6% in January-June/2016 to 22.4% in January-June/2024, and the highest proportion in < 25y age group ( n = 2935, 23.8%).

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Summary of main findings Over eight and a half years, there was a significant trend toward increased positivity for cannabis over time, which was significant for the 25–64-year age group (from 16.6% to 22.4%, linear association p = 0.003).

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Unlike the increasing cannabis trend, benzodiazepine showed a trend to decrease; therefore, we cannot attribute the increasing trend of cannabis screening positive tests to the increasing trend of toxicology testing.

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