Cannabis use in the UK: a quantitative comparison of individual differences in medical and recreational cannabis users.

anxiety cannabinoid cannabis depression medical cannabis recreational drug use

Journal

Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2023
Historique:
received: 17 08 2023
accepted: 05 12 2023
medline: 23 1 2024
pubmed: 23 1 2024
entrez: 23 1 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

There is a paucity of research, especially in the UK, that investigates individual differences in both medical and recreational cannabis users. A cross-sectional survey study design was used to assess recreational cannabis users and medical cannabis users currently living in the UK. Recreational cannabis users were invited to take part via social media. Medical cannabis users were recruited from Sapphire Medical Clinics, London, UK, which provides treatment with prescribed cannabis-based medicinal products. Demographic data and cannabis use frequency, as well as post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms (PCL-5), depression symptoms (Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), trait and state anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), and cannabis use motives [Comprehensive Marijuana Motives Questionnaire (CMMQ)] were collected. The Chi-square and independent-sample

Identifiants

pubmed: 38259543
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1279123
pmc: PMC10802163
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

1279123

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024 Ciesluk, Erridge, Sodergren and Troup.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

SE is the Head of Research at Sapphire Medical Clinics. MS is the Chief Medical Officer of Curaleaf International. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Auteurs

Beata Ciesluk (B)

Division of Psychology, School of Education and Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, United Kingdom.

Simon Erridge (S)

Medical Cannabis Research Group, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Sapphire Medical Clinics, London, United Kingdom.

Mikael H Sodergren (MH)

Medical Cannabis Research Group, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Sapphire Medical Clinics, London, United Kingdom.
Curaleaf International, London, United Kingdom.

Lucy J Troup (LJ)

Division of Psychology, School of Education and Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, United Kingdom.

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