Cannabis use patterns at first follow-up appointment: strain and frequency of use
Parameters | Inhalation only [n = 5 (%)] | Oral ingestion only [n = 13 (%)] | Both [n = 8 (%)] |
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Strain | |||
High THC/low CBD | 3 (60.0) | 3 (23.1) | 2 (25.0) |
Balance 1:1 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Low THC/high CBD | 1 (20.0) | 3 (23.1) | 0 (0) |
High THC/low CBD and low THC/high CBD | 0 (0) | 7 (53.8) | 5 (62.5) |
Unknown | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (12.5) |
Frequency | |||
As needed | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Once per day | 1 (20.0) | 3 (23.1) | 0 (0) |
Twice per day | 0 (0) | 3 (23.1) | 0 (0) |
Three times per day | 0 (0) | 7 (53.8) | 5 (62.5) |
Four times per day | 3 (60.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (12.5) |
Unknown | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (25.0) |
Quantity of dried cannabis per use was not discernible from available data. THC: tetrahydrocannabinol
We thank all patients and staff who were involved in the project. We acknowledge Fonda Betts, Tanya Adams, and Greenleaf Medical Clinic.
ENRS: Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing—original draft. CAM: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing—review & editing. LAL: Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing—review & editing. JD: Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing—review & editing. AC and KR: Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing—review & editing. CP: Writing—review & editing. WJP: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing—review & editing. AMB: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing—original draft.
CAM has received consulting fees or honoraria from Andira, Active Patch Technologies, Dosist, Strainprint, Emerald Health Therapeutics, Sapphire Clinics, Aleafia, Spectrum, Tilray, Numinus, Aurora and MD Briefcase. She is on the Board of Directors for the Green Organic Dutchmen. The other authors report no potential conflicts.
Study ethics for this chart review were approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Board of the University of British Columbia (H17-03359) and complies with Declaration of Helsinki.
Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.
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Data cannot be shared due to the stipulations of the ethics approval to ensure privacy of the patients involved.
AMB was funded by an
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