Table 2 Prevalence of cannabis use by modalities, sociodemographic characteristics, and state medical cannabis laws status among adults who currently use cannabis (n = 16,999)
From: Disparities in use modalities among adults who currently use cannabis, 2022–2023
Cannabis use modalities, n (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Participant characteristics | Smoking cannabis (n = 13,320) | Vaping cannabis (n = 6,667) | Dabbing cannabis (n = 3,247) | Consuming edibles (n = 6,614) | Taking pills (n = 335) | Absorbing sublingually/orally a(n = 745) | Applying topicals (n = 1,080) |
Age in years, n (%) | |||||||
18–25 | 5644 (22.57)** | 3144 (29.80)** | 1825 (36.38)** | 2425 (20.90)** | 96 (13.26) | 192 (12.86)** | 300 (13.42)** |
26–34 | 3242 (24.37)** | 1661 (28.30)** | 764 (28.04)** | 1699 (25.93)** | 74 (19.26) | 175 (18.77)** | 258 (18.88)** |
35–49 | 3136 (26.51)** | 1484 (26.42)** | 567 (25.53)** | 1850 (29.57)** | 117 (37.04) | 257 (30.16)** | 347 (33.95)** |
50 + | 1298 (26.55)** | 378 (15.48)** | 91 (10.05)** | 640 (23.60)** | 48 (30.44) | 121 (38.21)** | 175 (33.74)** |
Sex, n (%) | |||||||
Male | 6864 (59.16)** | 3397 (58.28) | 1802 (62.48)** | 3049 (51.40)** | 154 (52.47) | 322 (50.11)* | 334 (31.51)** |
Female | 6456 (40.84)** | 3270 (41.72) | 1445 (37.52)** | 3565 (48.60)** | 181 (47.53) | 423 (49.89)* | 746 (68.49)** |
Race and ethnicity, n (%) | |||||||
Hispanic | 2291 (15.11)** | 1170 (16.56)** | 628 (16.17)** | 942 (13.00)** | 46 (10.50) | 108 (12.45)** | 209 (15.75) |
Non-Hispanic White | 7554 (62.12)** | 4358 (69.55)** | 1982 (68.11)** | 4443 (70.40)** | 228 (74.01) | 535 (76.73)** | 659 (66.21) |
Non-Hispanic Black | 1997 (15.41)** | 458 (7.26)** | 218 (7.38)** | 581 (10.14)** | 28 (7.12) | 27 (3.56)** | 94 (10.27) |
Non-Hispanic multiracial | 874 (3.78)** | 408 (3.48)** | 261 (4.70)** | 397 (3.22)** | 14 (5.16) | 38 (3.62)** | 75 (4.91) |
Another non-Hispanic race b | 604 (3.58)** | 273 (3.14)** | 158 (3.64)** | 251 (3.24)** | 19 (3.22) | 37 (3.64)** | 43 (2.86) |
Sexual orientation, n (%) | |||||||
Heterosexual | 9876 (79.76) | 4614 (74.19)** | 2239 (73.74)** | 4646 (74.83)** | 219 (71.38)* | 508 (75.08) | 728 (75.28)* |
LGB + c | 3444 (20.24) | 2053 (25.81)** | 1008 (26.26)** | 1968 (25.17)** | 116 (28.62)* | 237 (24.92) | 352 (24.72)* |
Educational attainment, n (%) | |||||||
Less than high school | 1688 (9.32)** | 682 (6.55)* | 540 (11.08)** | 443 (4.25)** | 37 (6.20)* | 56 (3.25)* | 103 (4.84)** |
High school graduate | 4276 (31.15)** | 1924 (27.33)* | 1253 (37.45)** | 1432 (20.01)** | 60 (18.20)* | 154 (22.95)* | 290 (24.44)** |
Some college | 4484 (36.24)** | 2357 (37.04)* | 1054 (35.85)** | 2245 (35.21)** | 110 (37.27)* | 257 (36.17)* | 435 (46.35)** |
College graduate or more | 2872 (23.29)** | 1704 (29.09)* | 400 (15.61)** | 2494 (40.53)** | 128 (38.32)* | 278 (37.64)* | 252 (24.37)** |
Annual household income, n (%) | |||||||
Less than $20,000 | 3166 (19.75)** | 1325 (15.23)* | 850 (21.70)** | 1121 (12.65)** | 58 (11.35) | 132 (11.58) | 232 (15.90) |
$20,000 to $49,999 | 4271 (29.80)** | 1978 (26.60)* | 1159 (34.71)** | 1736 (23.90)** | 83 (25.69) | 200 (30.74) | 350 (28.42) |
$50,000 to $74,999 | 1871 (14.93)** | 1000 (16.02)* | 440 (14.41)** | 926 (13.95)** | 47 (16.86) | 102 (15.18) | 172 (17.40) |
$75,000 or more | 4012 (35.53)** | 2364 (42.16)* | 798 (29.17)** | 2831 (49.50)** | 147 (46.10) | 311 (42.49) | 326 (38.27) |
Metropolitan status, n (%) | |||||||
Large metropolitan | 5934 (55.62)* | 2940 (56.29) | 1132 (47.32)** | 3051 (57.76) | 149 (57.01) | 305 (55.82) | 421 (48.63)* |
Small metropolitan | 5312 (31.68)* | 2739 (31.85) | 1508 (37.75)** | 2648 (30.99) | 133 (32.25) | 324 (31.56) | 482 (37.55)* |
Non-metropolitan | 2074 (12.70)* | 988 (11.86) | 607 (14.93)** | 915 (11.25) | 53 (10.75) | 116 (12.62) | 177 (13.83)* |
State with medical cannabis laws | |||||||
No | 2396 (20.64) | 1231 (19.78) | 581 (19.83) | 1093 (19.33) | 30 (8.01)** | 95 (13.52)* | 154 (14.65)* |
Yes | 10,924 (79.36) | 5436 (80.22) | 2666 (80.17) | 5521 (80.67) | 305 (91.99)** | 650 (86.48)* | 926 (85.35)* |