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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Chem. 2009 Oct 15;55(12):2180–2189. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.122119

Table 1.

Demographic and self-reported drug use characteristics of 6 adult cannabis smokers at the time of study qualification.

Participant Mean SE Median
A B C D E F
Age, years 20 32 26 18 23 21 23.9 2.1 22.5
BMI, kg/m2 17.8 29.8 25.1 23.7 21.1 22.9 23.4 1.6 23.3
Cannabis joints smoked per day 6 3 24 3 6 1 7.2 3.5 4.5
No. days used cannabis in past 14 13 13 14 12 14 14 13.3 0.3 13.5
Days since last cannabis use 1 1 1 0 1 1 0.8 0.2 1
Lifetime cannabis use, years 4 18 13 4 10 4 9.4 2.4 7.5
Age at first cannabis use, years 16 14 13 14 13 17 14.5 0.7 14
No. alcoholic drinks per occasion 2 2 4 1.5 6 10 4.3 1.3 4
No. alcohol drinking occasions per week 0.5 0.08 1 0.25 2 3 1.1 0.5 1
No. tobacco smoking occasions per week 70 3 76 10.5 0 21 30.1 13.9 21
Other drugs
 Substance NAa NA A O O O,C,T,H
 Frequency NA NA Once past 3 months Once past 3 months 1.5 years ago Each once in past 2 years
a

NA, none admitted; A, amphetamines; O, opiates; C, cocaine; T, tranquilizers; H, hallucinogens.