TABLE 5.

Rationales for cannabis consumption prior versus during the pandemic.

Motives for consumption	N (prior pandemic)	N (during last month)	Two-tailed P-value*
Relaxation	2,382	1,909	<0.01
Pleasure	2,206	1,697	<0.01
Partying	1,744	639	<0.01
Numbing of tension/Emptiness	1,246	1.049	<0.01
Numbing of a anger/Sadness	1,138	920	<0.01
Boredom	1,080	1,039	0.117
Personal experience	1,050	724	<0.01
Curiosity	1,025	217	<0.01
Spiritual growth	902	673	<0.01
Due to consuming friends/Family	839	342	<0.01
Numbing of oneself	805	667	<0.01
Self-treatment of mental illness	647	511	<0.01
Intensification	612	414	<0.01
Self-treatment of physical illness	551	372	<0.01
Medical prescription	101	53	<0.01

*McNemar test.