FIGURE 5.

Patients receiving medicinal cannabis for psychiatric indications are predominantly younger and male. Trends in patient sex (A,B) and age (C,D). Approval trends over time showing a recent decrease in the rate of approvals for males (A), but continued growth in young patients, particularly aged 25–39 (C). The proportion of these changes is also shown (B,D), and suggests that while the number of male prescriptions may be decreasing, the relative proportion of prescribing remains relatively consistent. The lines of best fit in panels (A,B) are shown by the solid line with shaded area showing standard error of the mean. The gap in panels (B,D) indicates no applications submitted during this period.