The impact of legalization of access to recreational Cannabis on Canadian medical users with Cancer

Table 3 Descriptions of cannabis use among respondents who are Prior and Current Users comparing before and after recreational legalization of cannabis in Canada

	Prior Users			Current Users
	Before	After	p	Before	After	p
	n = 233	n = 209	p	n = 190	n = 248	p
Medical Authorization
No	199	183	0·48	128	178	0·35
Yes	32	24		58	66
Not Reported	2	2		4	4
Product ^a
Smoked	174	141	0·81	105	159	0·92
Oils	75	75		139	174
Eating	83	63		86	119
Vaporized	14	11		61	82
Cream	21	13		46	71
Tablets	10	10		24	29
Drinking	3	2		16	25
Mouth Spray	3	1		9	12
Suppositories	4	1		6	14
Other	6	6		16	16
Not Reported	0	5		0	0
What do you use it for? ^a
Recreational Use	152	121	0·78	60	99	0·79
Pain	51	57		118	143
Cancer Treatment	25	30		99	116
Insomnia	31	28		77	104
Nausea	30	25		74	81
Anxiety	22	20		69	89
Lack of Appetite	16	12		59	68
Depression	11	7		32	48
Tiredness	10	6		24	36
Drowsiness	3	1		16	18
Other	7	5		15	12
Not Reported	0	4		0	0
Where do you get it from? ^a
From a friend	171	143	0·33	85	134	0·40
Dispensary	46	52		114	132
Licensed Producer	13	16		28	41
Grow it myself	4	7		17	26
Other	15	12		11	17
Not Reported	5	5		0	3
Problems in getting Cannabis?
No	184	164	0·64	172	201	< 0·01
Yes	11	12		15	44
Not Reported	38	33		0	3

^a p values were calculated using the chi-square test of independence and did not include ‘Other’ and ‘Not Reported’ categories

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