Table 2.
Medical Reasons for Marijuana Use and Forms of Use
| Reasons for use | Forms of marijuana use, N (%) | > 1 form, N (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoking | Edibles | Vaping | Concentrate | Topical | ||
| Anxiety | 223 (81) | 110 (34) | 68 (24) | 33 (9) | 24 (7) | 111 (36) |
| Insomnia | 197 (77) | 116 (36) | 61 (21) | 37 (10) | 31 (9) | 107 (33) |
| Chronic pain | 190 (78) | 107 (32) | 64 (20) | 40 (11) | 41 (12) | 111 (34) |
| Depression | 181 (85) | 81 (31) | 53 (21) | 26 (10) | 15 (6) | 84 (35) |
| Mood | 146 (85) | 69 (35) | 47 (22) | 23 (11) | 18 (7) | 72 (35) |
| Arthritis | 114 (77) | 62 (35) | 31 (20) | 20 (5) | 38 (14) | 70 (39) |
| Migraines | 97 (85) | 47 (33) | 36 (33) | 12 (7) | 11 (7) | 51 (40) |
| PTSD | 70 (92) | 26 (18) | 17 (13) | 13 (7) | 9 (4) | 28 (21) |
| Cancer symptoms | 20 (64) | 19 (55) | 9 (22) | 5 (9) | 7 (7) | 15 (34) |
| Libido | 22 (86) | 11 (28) | 7 (23) | 2 (10) | 3 (6) | 11 (33) |
| Glaucoma | 20 (81) | 11 (49) | 6 (29) | 3 (13) | 4 (12) | 12 (45) |
| Seizures/epilepsy | 15 (97) | 3 (13) | 2 (10) | 1 (4) | 1 (3) | 4 (16) |
| Multiple sclerosis | 9 (96) | 2 (24) | 3 (29) | 1 (13) | 0 | 2 (24) |
| HIV/AIDS | 4 (100) | 1 (24) | 1 (24) | 0 | 0 | 1 (24) |
Numbers are unweighted, and percentages are weighted to approximate the US population. We used weights provided by GfK to approximate the US population based on sociodemographic factors (e.g., age, gender, race, ethnicity, education, household income, home ownership, and metropolitan area)