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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 24.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2022 Feb 7;48(3):321–327. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2021.2007257

Table 2.

Frequency distribution of change in cannabis use by non-medical and medical use among a national cannabis using population, August 2020 - September 2020

Change in Non-Medical Cannabis Change in Medical Cannabis

Decrease n (%) Stay the same n (%) Increase n (%) Decrease n (%) Stay the same n (%) Increase n (%)
Cannabis Behavior
Frequency of use before COVID-19
  Did not report use -- 16 (47.06) 18 (52.94) -- 12 (42.86) 16 (57.14)
  Once or twice use 8 (3.51) 103 (45.18) 117 (51.32) 4 (2.70) 81 (54.73) 63 (42.57)
  Monthly use 53 (19.85) 129 (48.31) 85 (31.84) 56 (28.43) 98 (49.75) 43 (21.83)
  Weekly use 76 (21.47) 220 (62.15) 58 (16.38) 27 (21.09) 79 (61.72) 22 (17.19)
  Daily or almost daily use 68 (29.57) 115 (50.0) 47 (20.43) 27 (27.84) 40 (41.24) 30 (30.93)
Frequency of use before COVID-19 (Categorized)
  Less than or equal to monthly 61 (12.32) 232 (46.87) 202 (40.81) 60 (17.39) 179 (51.88) 106 (30.72)
  Weekly 76 (21.47) 220 (62.15) 58 (16.38) 27 (21.09) 79 (61.72) 22 (17.19)
  Daily or almost daily 68 (29.57) 115 (50.00) 47 (20.43) 27 (27.84) 40 (41.24) 30 (30.93)

Less than or equal to monthly=once/twice or monthly use;