Indications for Medical Cannabis and Their Alignment With US-Wide Disease Prevalences in the US’ Largest Medical Cannabis Program: Cross-Sectional Study
Unlabelled: This research letter compared the prevalence of qualifying conditions among patients certified to use medical cannabis in Florida to population-based prevalence estimates for the same conditions and observed marked discrepancies. These findings highlight conditions that appear to be significant reasons for patients to consider medical cannabis, providing important research priorities for future research on its effectiveness and safety.
Authors
- Nicole E. Smolinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0866-4579)
- Almut G. Winterstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6518-5961)
- Sebastian Jugl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1244-1423)
- Tansu Miriam Işılay Aydoğan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9688-8981)
Institutions
- University of Florida (US)
- Florida College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
- Published
- 2026-09-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/89716
- Primary Topic
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00