Table 2.

Odds of reporting ever having used cannabis as a substitute for prescription drugs by sociodemographic characteristics during 2016 (n=2,740)

Characteristic	Yes (n=1,248)	No (n=1,492)	OR (95% CI)
	n (%)	n (%)
Age (years)***
≤21	185 (41.29)	263 (58.71)	1.00 (reference)
22–35	542 (43.29)	710 (56.71)	1.09 (0.87–1.35)
36–50	300 (50.59)	293 (49.41)	1.46 (1.14–1.86)
51–65	190 (53.52)	165 (46.48)	1.64 (1.24–2.17)
>65	16 (31.37)	35 (68.63)	0.65 (0.35–1.21)
Missing	15	60
Gender*
Male	661 (43.63)	854 (56.37)	1.00 (reference)
Female	581 (48.30)	622 (51.70)	1.21 (1.04–1.40)
Missing	6	50
Race/ethnicity
Caucasian	1,064 (45.65)	1,267 (54.35)	1.00 (reference)
Black/AfricanAmerican/Hispanic	64 (44.44)	80 (55.56)	0.95 (0.68–1.34)
Native American/Asian/Pacific	45 (56.96)	34 (43.04)	1.58 (1.00–2.48)
Islander
Other	65 (42.48)	88 (57.52)	0.88 (0.63–1.22)
Missing	10	57
Geography
US	1,002 (45.50)	1,200 (54.50)	1.00 (reference)
Canada	55 (50.00)	55 (50.00)	1.20 (0.82–1.76)
Europe	116 (43.77)	149 (56.23)	0.93 (0.72–1.21)
Other	40 (50.00)	40 (50.00)	1.20 (0.77–1.87)
Missing	35	82
Type of user
Non-medical	269 (24.43)	832 (75.57)	1.00 (reference)
Medical	979 (59.73)	660 (40.27)	4.59 (3.87–5.43)
Missing	0	0

Notes: p-values for the above comparisons were the result of chi-square analyses.

^*p<0.05

^***p<0.001.

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.