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Pain Relief  is what Most Medical Cannabis Patients Are Looking For

Pain Relief is what Most Medical Cannabis Patients Are Looking For

In the United States nearly one-third (32%) of medical cannabis patients cite chronic pain as their primary condition for medical cannabis use, with anxiety the second most common (26.8%) followed by insomnia (18.5%).

TJ Branfalt

20 November 2024 at 05:00:00

This report from Ganjapreneur, published on 18 November 2024.


Chronic pain is the most common reason for medical cannabis use, according to a new report from virtual cannabis clinic Leafwell, with nearly a third (32%) of patients citing it as their primary condition.


Leafwell found more than 58% of patients use medical cannabis to manage two or more medical conditions. 


The report includes data from more than 81,000 medical cannabis patients across 32 states and found while chronic pain topped the list of medical conditions used for medical cannabis, anxiety was the second most cited condition (26.8%), followed by insomnia (18.5%), and post-traumatic stress disorder (11.2%). 


According to the Leafwell report, two-thirds of medical cannabis cardholders were 21- to 49-years-old, with about a quarter (25.4%) older and 8.3% younger. The average age of a patient seen by Leafwell was 40.


Medical cannabis cards are also nearly evenly split among men and women, Leafwell found, at 51.1% and 48.9%, respectively. The vast majority of medical cannabis card holders, according to the data, are white (71.5%), with Black people comprising 10.4% of cardholders, followed by Hispanic people (8.4%), with 7.1% identifying as “other.”


Chronic pain was more frequently reported among white and Black, non-Hispanic patients, the report notes, while anxiety was more prominent among Hispanic patients.

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