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Table 1 Medical Marijuana (MM) Client Characteristics

From: Medical marijuana users in substance abuse treatment

Characteristic

 

%

n

Notes

Age at admission

18-25

23.1%

3

 

26-35

23.1%

3

 

36-45

38.5%

5

 

45<

15.4%

2

 

Gender

Male

84.6%

11

 

Female

15.4%

2

 

Completed tx or made satisfactory progress at discharge

 

69.2%

9

 

Completed tx

 

61.5%

8

This is the only group for which complete outcome data is available

Unsatisfactory discharge

 

30.8%

4

 

Received at least 4 months of tx

 

76.9%

10

 

Waitlist before admission

 

15.4%

2

Mean of 5.77 days waited (Range = 0-45)

Prior tx episodes

0

53.8%

7

Mean of 1 prior tx episode (Range = 0-5)

Mean of 1.86 (Range = 1-5) amongst those with prior tx episode(s)

1

30.8%

4

 

2

15.4%

2

 

3<

7.7%

1

 

Race

White

84.6%

11

 

American Indian

15.4%

2

All Non-white clients identified as American Indian

Disability a

Yes

66.7%

8

 

No

33.3%

4

 

Disabilities reported a

Mental

37.5%

3

Mean of 1.73 disability categories per person

Mobility

37.5%

3

 

Visual

37.5%

3

 

Hearing

12.5%

1

 

Speech

12.5%

1

 

Other

25.0%

2

 

Primary drug at admission

Methamphetamine

38.5%

5

Mean use of 13.3 days in last month (Range = 0-30; Median = 10)

Marijuana

61.5%

8

 

Age of 1st use of Primary drug

12-14

30.8%

4

Mean of 16.4 years old (Range = 12-25)

15-17

46.2%

6

 

18-20

7.7%

1

 

21<

15.4%

2

 

Primary or Secondary drug at admission

No 2nd drug

7.7%

1

 

Alcohol

7.7%

1

 

Methamphetamine

84.6%

11

 

Marijuana

100.0%

13

 

Alcohol use in last 30 days at admission (alcohol is not Primary or Secondary)

 

33.3%

4

Mean of .75 drinks/day in last month

Needle use in last year

 

7.7%

1

 
  1. a = Declined To State, Not Sure, and/or Don't Know not included