Table 2.

Self report of therapeutic benefits of medical marijuana

	All	Females	Males	P-value
	N=1655	N=452	N=1203
To relieve:
Pain	82.6%	82.7%	82.5%	0.924
Spasms	41.3%	44.2%	40.1%	0.132
Headache	40.8%	49.3%	37.6%	0.000
Anxiety	38.1%	51.1%	33.3%	0.000
Nausea	27.7%	44.9%	21.3%	0.000
Depression	26.1%	35.4%	22.6%	0.000
Cramps	19.0%	33.4%	13.5%	0.000
Panic	16.9%	27.2%	13.1%	0.000
Diarrhea	4.8%	4.9%	4.7%	0.913
Itching	2.7%	1.1%	3.3%	0.013
To improve:
Sleep	70.6%	69.0%	71.2%	0.397
Relaxation	55.6%	60.2%	53.9%	0.023
Appetite	38.0%	35.0%	39.2%	0.117
Focus	23.3%	19.7%	24.6%	0.035
Energy	15.5%	17.7%	14.7%	0.135
To prevent:
Anger	22.7%	21.9%	22.9%	0.653
Medication side effects	22.6%	27.0%	20.9%	0.009
Involuntary movements	6.2%	7.3%	5.8%	0.266
Seizure	3.0%	3.8%	2.7%	0.239
As a substitute for:
Prescription medicine	50.8%	51.1%	50.7%	0.885
Alcohol	13.2%	11.3%	13.9%	0.164