Table 1.

Demographic Comparison of Those Living in MML States versus Non-MML States

Characteristic	States with MML		States without MML		Difference (MML – non-MML)
	Percent	Sample N	Percent	Sample N	Percent/ Days	Chi-Square P-value
Sex
Female	51.6	29,499	51.9	33,283	−0.3	0.28
Male	48.4	27,653	48.1	30,789	0.3
Age
18-25 Years	14.2	8,099	14.4	9,251	−0.2
26-34 Years	16	9,159	15.7	10,034	0.3
35-49 Years	24.9	14,247	25.1	16,081	−0.2	0.59
50-64 Years	25.5	14,590	25.6	16,429	−0.1
65+ Years	19.3	11,056	19.2	12,277	0.1
Race/Ethnicity
Hispanic, Spanish Speaking	5.9	3,376	3.8	2,421	2.1
Hispanic, English Speaking	13.1	7,510	8.7	5,566	4.4
Non-Hispanic Black	8.9	5,079	14.4	9,209	−5.5	<0.001
Non-Hispanic White	61.1	34,892	68.1	43,636	−7.0
Non-Hispanic Asian	8.0	4,559	3.1	1,963	4.9
Non-Hispanic Other	3.0	1,736	2.0	1,277	1.0
Income
Less than $20,000	15.9	9,105	18.9	12,112	−3.0
$20,000-$49,999	28.3	16,185	32.2	20,642	−3.9	<0.001
$50,000-$74,9999	16.1	9,177	16.8	10,775	−0.7
$75,000+	39.7	22,686	32.1	20,542	7.6
Educational Attainment
Less than High School	12.4	7,061	13.9	8,910	−1.5
High School Graduate	24	13,742	29	18,603	−5.0	<0.001
Some College	29.5	16,859	29.3	18,767	0.2
College Graduate	34.1	19,490	27.8	17,791	6.3
Psychological Distress Status
No/Mild Psych. Distress	76.7	43,850	76.5	49,030	0.2
Moderate Psych. Distress	12.6	7,183	12.6	8,098	0.0	0.75
Severe Psych. Distress	10.7	6,120	10.8	6,944	−0.1
Cannabis-Related Measures
Past-year Cannabis Use	16.1	9,184	11.8	7,550	4.3	<0.001
Past-month Cannabis Use	10.5	6,016	7.1	4,546	3.4	<0.001
Daily Cannabis Use*	35.1	2,115	33.0	1,499	2.1	0.03
Cannabis Use Disorder**	10.0	922	10.5	791	−0.5	0.30

Footnotes. CUD = Cannabis Use Disorder.

^*Daily use, conditional on use in the past month. Cannabis use disorder, conditional on any use in the past year.