Table 5.
Primary health conditions, reason for marijuana use, and ages of initiation of key health events among young adult medical marijuana patients (n=210)
| Health Condition | Primary health condition for recommendation % (n) |
Primary health condition was genuine % (n) |
Ever diagnosed for primary health condition % (n) |
Reasons for current marijuana usea % (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychological | 53.8 (113/210) | 84.1 (95/113) | 63.2 (60/95) | 89.2 (166/186) |
| Pain | 35.2 (74/210) | 89.2 (66/74) | 68.2 (45/66) | 62.4 (111/178) |
| Gastrointestinal | 4.3 (9/210) | 88.9 (8/9) | 25.0 (2/8) | 40.9 (36/88) |
| Neurological | 2.4 (5/210) | 100 (5/5) | 80.0 (4/5) | 37.3 (19/51) |
| Drug/alcohol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 (6/35) |
| Other chronic medical conditions | 1.0 (2/210) | 100 (2/2) | 100 (2/2) | 9.1 (1/11) |
| Age | Mean (SD) | |||
| First episode of primary health condition (n=184)b | 14.9 (3.9) | |||
| First marijuana use (n=210) | 15.1 (2.3) | |||
| Diagnosis for primary health condition (n=119)c | 15.6 (3.9) | |||
| First self-treatment with marijuana (n=196)d | 17.6 (2.4) | |||
| Obtained doctor’s recommendation for medical marijuana (n=210) | 19.8 (2.2) | |||
a
Refer to Table 2 (lifetime prevalence of health conditions for patients) for denominator.
b
Only participants who reported a primary health condition received this question.
c
Only participants who reported receiving a diagnosis for a primary health condition received this question.
d
Only participants who reported self-treating with marijuana received this question.