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Table 2 Main conditions treated with prescribed vs illicit medical cannabis

From: Medical cannabis use in Australia: consumer experiences from the online cannabis as medicine survey 2020 (CAMS-20)

 

Prescribed (n = 534)

Illicit only (n = 888)

OR (95%CI)

Pain

280 (52%)a

352 (40%)b

1.7 (1.3, 2.1)

Mental health/substance use

141 (26%)a

274 (31%)a

0.8 (0.6, 1.0)

Neurological

36 (7%)a

49 (6%)a

1.2 (0.8, 2.0)

Sleep

31 (6%)a

101 (11%)b

0.5 (0.3, 0.8)

Gastrointestinal

11 (2%)a

24 (3%)a

0.8 (0.3, 1.7)

Cancer

11 (2%)a

34 (4%)a

0.5 (0.2, 1.1)

Other

24 (5%)a

54 (6%)a

0.7 (0.4, 1.3)

  1. Columns with different superscript letters were significantly different from one another. n = 67 Prescribed and n = 111 Illicit Only had missing main condition information. Significant differences in bold