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. 2022 Oct 12;7(5):706–716. doi: 10.1089/can.2021.0058

Table 2.

Cannabigerol Use Patterns (N=127)

Frequency of CBG use % Source of CBG % Composition of products %
Once a month or less 6.3 Online 55.9 CBG 73.2
Once a week 15.0 Dispensary 22.8 CBD 45.7
2–4 times a week 26.0 Friend 16.5 THC 29.1
Daily 40.9 Grow Myself 8.7 CBN 11.8
More than once daily 11.0 Other 12.6 Beta-caryophyllene 11.8
Missing 0.8     Limonene 11.8
Preferred % of CBG % First learned about CBG % Myrcene 11.8
100% pure 25.2 Online article 18.1 Linalool 7.1
50%–99% 26.0 Friend 17.3 Pinene 6.3
25%–49% 11.8 Dispensary 9.4 Humulene 6.3
Any 26.8 Doctor 8.7 CBDV 5.5
Do not seek CBG 7.9 Nurse or other health 5.5 THCV 4.7
Missing 2.4 Care professional Terpinolene 2.4
Administration method % Journal article 6.3 Terpineol 1.6
Oral 76.4 Lecture 3.9 Other 14.2
Smoke 30.7 Podcast 3.1    
Vape 22.8 Other 26.8    
Topical 15.7 Missing 0.8    
Other 5.5        

Numbers reflect the % of the total sample (N=127) who endorsed each response.

“Frequency of CBG Use” refers to how often they use CBG-predominant products, “Preferred % of CBG” refers to the percentage of CBG they typically seek when purchasing cannabis, “Administration Method” refers to methods participants use to administer CBG-predominant cannabis, “Source of CBG” refers to where they purchase CBG-predominant products, “First Learned About CBG” refers to where they first learned about CBG-predominant products, and “Composition of Products” refers to the constituents that are in the CBG-predominant products they most often use.

CBD, cannabidiol; CBDV, cannabidivarin; CBG, cannabigerol; CBN, cannabinol; THC, tetrahydrocannabinol; THCV, tetrahydrocannabivarin.