Dispensing Medical Advice: San Francisco Bay Area Budtender Recommendations for Pain and Sleep Relief

This study illustrates that budtenders in the Bay Area have specific ideas about cannabis uses, including types, concentrations, and strains, despite a lack of evidence for most recommendations. Future research should prioritize study of topical preparations of cannabis for pain, edibles for sleep, and tinctures for both, which budtenders regularly recommended to customers.

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Cannabis
Published
2025-10-23
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https://doi.org/10.26828/cannabis/2025/000328
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Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
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Dispensing Medical Advice: San Francisco Bay Area Budtender Recommendations for Pain and Sleep Relief

Christine Hoang, Larry Holmes, Pamela May Ling
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Dispensing Medical Advice: San Francisco Bay Area Budtender Recommendations for Pain and Sleep Relief

Christine Hoang, Larry Holmes, Pamela May Ling
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Abstract

This study illustrates that budtenders in the Bay Area have specific ideas about cannabis uses, including types, concentrations, and strains, despite a lack of evidence for most recommendations. Future research should prioritize study of topical preparations of cannabis for pain, edibles for sleep, and tinctures for both, which budtenders regularly recommended to customers.

CannabisVol. 8(3)
University of California, San Francisco (US), Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CA)
Openalex Percentile: Top 66%
Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
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