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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 13.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 May 1;188:364–369. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.041

Table 2:

Counts of adverse health effect terms mentioned in post titles across cannabis forms of use

Adverse Health Effect Terms Smoking Prop. Vaping Prop. Edible
terms
Prop. Dabbing Prop. Butane
hash
oil
terms
Prop.
anxiety, anxious, panic, nervous 1 836 0.0051 14 0.0010 37 0.0028 15 0.0014 18 0.0017
throw up, barf, vomit, puke 1 120 0.0007 0 0.0000 10 0.0007 4 0.0004 0 0.0000
pass out, passed out 121 0.0007 4 0.0003 11 0.0008 9 0.0009 1 0.0001
too high 132 0.0008 4 0.0003 16 0.0012 11 0.0010 5 0.0005
cough 2 300 0.0018 30 0.0022 4 0.0003 30 0.0028 11 0.0010
injury, injure 20 0.0001 2 0.0001 1 0.0001 0 0.0000 4 0.0004
memory, can't remember, couldn't remember 189 0.0011 4 0.0003 4 0.0003 5 0.0005 1 0.0001
paranoia, paranoid, psychotic 312 0.0019 8 0.0006 10 0.0007 0 0.0000 0 0.0000
Sum of adverse effect term occurrences 2030 0.0123 66 0.0048 93 0.0069 74 0.0070 40 0.0037
Total possible post titles with cannabis form 165,185 13,647 13,390 10,574 10,686

Prop. = Proportion of total possible post titles also mentioning cannabis form of use key search terms

No significant differences across forms of use when compared to smoking proportion

1

May include posts where cannabis was used to address feelings of anxiety or nausea prior to use

2

Does not include mentions of “strawberry cough,” a cannabis strain

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