Patterns, motivations, and healthcare experiences of medical cannabis use among gender and sexuality diverse people in Australia: findings from the Cannabis as Medicine Survey 2022 (CAMS-22).

Benjamin T. Trevitt, Sasha Bailey, Llewelyn Mills, Thomas Arkell, Iain S. McGregor, Nicholas Lintzeris

Introduction LGBTQA+ people are at greater risk of using cannabis at earlier ages, in greater frequencies and quantities and over longer periods of time compared with their cisgendered, heterosexual peers. Prescribed medicinal cannabis is becoming increasingly commonly utilised in Australia to treat a variety of conditions including pain, mental health diagnoses and sleep. There is currently little research lookin…