Clinical pain intensity is associated with greater cannabis demand among people who regularly use cannabis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Individuals with pain may engage in pain self-management by using cannabis, increasing the risk of cannabis-related consequences. Past research has demonstrated that the presence of next-day responsibilities significantly reduced cannabis demand in regular cannabis users. This study determined the association of pain with cannabis demand, and whether pain would attenuate the effect of next-day responsibilities.

Methods

This was a secondary analysis of data from a crowdsourced study of cannabis demand among regular cannabis users (N = 172, 41% women). Participants completed 2 conditions of a marijuana purchase task in counterbalanced order. In one, participants imagined they had a job interview the following morning. In the other, no interview was present. Pain was

SUBMITTER: Bush NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12737859 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature