Comparison of the Users' Attitudes Toward Cannabidiol on Social Media Platforms: Topic Modeling Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As one of the major constituents of the cannabis sativa plant, cannabidiol (CBD) is approved for use in medical treatment and cosmetics because of its potential health benefits. With the rapid growth of the CBD market, customers purchase these products, and relevant discussions are becoming more active on social media.

Objective

In this study, we aimed to understand the users' attitudes toward CBD products in various countries by conducting text mining on social media in countries with different substance management policies.

Methods

We collected posts from Reddit and Xiaohongshu, conducted topic mining using the latent Dirichlet allocation model, and analyzed the characteristics of topics on different social media. Subsequently, a co-occurrence network of

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9878368 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature