Table 3 Ways of obtaining non-medical cannabis and reasons for changes in use during the COVID-19 pandemic
From: Puff, Puff, Don’t Pass: harm reduction for cannabis use during a viral respiratory pandemic
Cannabis use during pandemic | Sharing of cannabis during pandemic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≥ Weekly | ≤ Monthly | p value | No sharing | Any sharing | p value | |
n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | |||
Where respondents obtained non-medical cannabis during the pandemic | ||||||
Regulated dispensary | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | ||||
Most of the time | 194 (38.65) | 112 (32.46) | 72 (40.00) | 215 (36.26) | ||
Sometimes | 134 (26.69) | 135 (39.13) | 26 (14.44) | 212 (35.75) | ||
Never | 174 (34.66) | 98 (28.41) | 82 (45.56) | 166 (27.99) | ||
Unregulated dispensary | ||||||
Most of the time | 125 (28.94) | 134 (37.22) | < 0.01 | 16 (11.59) | 223 (37.93) | < 0.01 |
Sometimes | 160 (37.04) | 176 (48.89) | 64 (46.38) | 242 (41.16) | ||
Never | 147 (34.03) | 50 (13.89) | 58 (42.03) | 123 (20.92) | ||
Delivery | < 0.01 | 0.8 | ||||
Most of the time | 115 (25.33) | 110 (31.25) | 38 (26.03) | 163 (27.91) | ||
Sometimes | 218 (48.02) | 200 (56.82) | 75 (51.37) | 303 (51.88) | ||
Never | 121 (26.65) | 42 (11.93) | 33 (22.60) | 118 (20.21) | ||
Online | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | ||||
Most of the time | 134 (30.95) | 83 (24.13) | 40 (27.21) | 162 (28.77) | ||
Sometimes | 193 (44.57) | 200 (58.14) | 55 (37.41) | 300 (53.29) | ||
Never | 106 (24.48) | 61 (17.73) | 51 (35.37) | 101 (17.94) | ||
Friends/family | 0.03 | < 0.01 | ||||
Most of the time | 184 (36.95) | 115 (31.34) | 46 (27.38) | 223 (35.97) | ||
Sometimes | 209 (41.97) | 148 (40.33) | 57 (33.93) | 274 (44.19) | ||
Never | 105 (21.08) | 104 (28.34) | 65 (38.69) | 123 (19.84) | ||
Reasons for changes in cannabis use during the pandemic | ||||||
Availability | < 0.01 | 0.05 | ||||
Increase | 128 (61.54) | 90 (45.00) | 30 (44.12) | 180 (57.14) | ||
About the same | 37 (17.79) | 67 (33.50) | 18 (26.47) | 80 (25.40) | ||
Decrease | 43 (20.67) | 43 (21.50) | 20 (29.41) | 55 (17.46) | ||
Social distancing | < 0.01 | 0.7 | ||||
Increase | 156 (61.90) | 54 (38.03) | 41 (56.16) | 161 (54.03) | ||
About the same | 65 (25.79) | 45 (31.69) | 18 (24.66) | 87 (29.19) | ||
Decrease | 31 (12.30) | 43 (30.28) | 14 (19.18) | 50 (16.78) | ||
Time at home | < 0.01 | 0.06 | ||||
Increase | 278 (81.29) | 76 (46.06) | 109 (78.99) | 226 (68.69) | ||
About the same | 40 (11.70) | 47 (28.48) | 19 (13.77) | 60 (18.24) | ||
Decrease | 24 (7.02) | 42 (25.45) | 10 (7.25) | 43 (13.07) | ||