One in four marijuana consumers use the plant for pain management, and most say they prefer \u201cfruity\u201d tasting strains that they indulge in \u201canytime,\u201d rather than a set time of day, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n
The survey from the cannabis company NuggMD asked more than 6,500 marijuana consumers about their preferences and habits around use intentions, flavor profiles, desired effects and time of consumption.<\/p>\n
Asked about the \u201cmain goal\u201d of consuming marijuana, 25 percent of respondents said they used it for pain management, followed by anxiety (23 percent), stress (18 percent), recreation (13 percent), depression (12 percent) and insomnia (seven percent).<\/p>\n
About half of respondents (48 percent) said they use cannabis \u201canytime,\u201d while 29 percent said they use it in the evening and 11 percent said they consume at bedtime. Another five percent said they indulge in the afternoon, and four percent said they used in the morning.<\/p>\n
The survey also inquired about the types of flavors and aromas cannabis consumers prefer, and a plurality (27 percent) said they liked \u201cfruity\u201d varieties. That was followed by \u201csweet\u201d (19 percent), \u201cearthy\u201d (18 percent), \u201ccitrus\u201d (18 percent), \u201cdiesel\u201d (10 percent), \u201cvanilla\u201d (six percent) and \u201cspicy\u201d (two percent).<\/p>\n
Finally, respondents were asked about the effects of cannabis they look for in a given variety. Most said they want to feel \u201crelaxed\u201d (30 percent) and \u201ceuphoric\u201d (24 percent). Fifteen percent said they seek an \u201cenergetic\u201d effect, and 13 percent want to feel \u201cuplifted.\u201d Another 10 percent said they prefer a \u201ccreative\u201d effect, and just eight percent said they want to feel \u201csleepy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe data suggests that many millions of U.S. adults are using cannabis for health and wellness reasons, even when they do not have a medical cannabis recommendation,\u201d Deb Tharp, head of legal and policy research at NuggMD, told Marijuana Moment.<\/p>\n
In line with the those results, a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that \u201cwhile most patients (76.1 percent) reported using cannabis to manage a health symptom, very few patients identified as medical cannabis users.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Tharp of NuggMD said that \u201ccannabis retail is new in most places and there\u2019s still a lot of consumer education that needs to be done in the space.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEventually, cannabis marketing will be more robust and nuanced, similar to how coffee is positioned around its country of origin or a whiskey around its mash bill,\u201d she said. \u201cFor now, I think polling is a better assessment of what customers prefer than data on inventory and sales. Our insight should be useful to both cannabis retailers and suppliers.\u201d<\/p>\n The poll<\/a>, which was conducted last month, involved interviews with 6,550 cannabis consumers. NuggMD commissioned the survey but says none of its customers directly participated in it.<\/p>\n NuggMD is behind a number of recent polling initiatives focused on cannabis consumer and policy issues.<\/p>\n For example, the cannabis company released another survey in April that found a majority of likely U.S. voters who identify as regular marijuana consumers believes Democrats have \u201cbetter ideas\u201d for cannabis policy<\/a>. And most would also be more likely to support political candidates if they endorse legalization, regardless of party.<\/p>\n It also published a survey in January that found about one-third of marijuana consumers say they would go back to the illicit market<\/a> if cannabis is rescheduled and only made legally available as a Food and Drug Administration- (FDA) approved prescription drug.<\/p>\n A separate survey from YouGov that was released last month found that a majority of Americans have tried marijuana<\/a>\u2014and most say they had a positive experience.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a recent report from an equity-focused marijuana advocacy organization finds that nearly two-thirds of American adults want legalization laws to prioritize social equity<\/a> (68 percent), end cannabis arrests (68 percent) and ensure that people have legal access to marijuana products (65 percent).<\/p>\n College Enrollment Increases In States That Legalize Marijuana Without Hurting Graduation Rates, Study Finds<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n The post Most People Use Marijuana For Pain Management And Prefer \u2018Fruity\u2019 Strains, Poll Finds<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
One in four marijuana consumers use the plant for pain management, and most say they prefer \u201cfruity\u201d tasting strains that they indulge in \u201canytime,\u201d rather than a set time of day, according to a new poll. The survey from the cannabis company NuggMD asked more than 6,500 marijuana consumers aboutContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,81],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76185,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76184\/revisions\/76185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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