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Table 2.

Respondents’ preferences for types and forms of cannabis used for sleep

Types and forms of products	%	Cannabis constituents	%
Types of cannabis products (N = 1,186)		Cannabinoids used for sleep (N = 624)
High THC	60.0%	THC	78.8%
Balanced THC:CBD	21.7%	CBD	47.1%
Not sure	6.4%	Cannabinol (CBN)	18.1%
High CBD	5.3%	Terpenes used for sleep (N = 624)
Doesn’t matter	4.2%	Myrcene	49.0%
Form of cannabis product (N = 1,216)		Linalool	26.9%
Joints	46.1%	Limonene	24.7%
Oil	42.5%	Beta caryophyllene	19.1%
Vape flower	42.6%	Terpinolene	13.5%
Edibles	34.9%	Humulene	7.1%
Vape pen	33.9%	Nerolidol	4.0%
Capsules	14.6%

Declarations

Author contributions

AS: Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. CC: Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

The Washington State University Office of Research Assurances determined that this study was exempt from the need for review by the Institutional Review Board (IRB).

Consent to participate

Strainprint® obtained informed consent from all participants as part of the terms of use of their platform.

Consent to publication

Not applicable.

Availability of data and materials

Data are available upon request to carrie.cuttler@wsu.edu.

Funding

Not applicable.

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