Associations of U.S. state-level COVID-19 policies intensity with cannabis sharing behaviors in 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cannabis use before the COVID-19 pandemic for many involved sharing prepared cannabis for inhalation, practices that were less prevalent during the pandemic. State-level COVID-19 containment policies may have influenced this decrease. This study examined the extent to which the intensity of state-level COVID-19 policies were associated with individual-level cannabis sharing. Findings have the potential to guide harm reduction policies for future respiratory pandemics and seasonal respiratory virus waves.

Methods

This study used cross-sectional individual-level data from the COVID-19 Cannabis Study, an anonymous U.S.-based web survey on cannabis use disseminated during the early phase of the pandemic (Full sample N = 1,883). We combined individual-level data with s

SUBMITTER: Assaf RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11020667 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature