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Age related differences in cannabis use and subjective effects in a large population-based survey of adult athletes

BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of information regarding cannabis use behaviors in adult community-based athletes as most research in athletes has focused on misuse of cannabis in elite, adolescent, university-based athletes. We aimed to determine whether age related differences exist in patterns of...

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Autores principales: Zeiger, Joanna S., Silvers, William S., Fleegler, Edward M., Zeiger, Robert S.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7819305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33526101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42238-019-0006-9
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author Zeiger, Joanna S.
Silvers, William S.
Fleegler, Edward M.
Zeiger, Robert S.
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description BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of information regarding cannabis use behaviors in adult community-based athletes as most research in athletes has focused on misuse of cannabis in elite, adolescent, university-based athletes. We aimed to determine whether age related differences exist in patterns of cannabis use and subjective effects to cannabis in adult athletes. METHODS: The Athlete PEACE Survey used mainly social media and email blasts to recruit and SurveyGizmo to collect data. Cannabis patterns of use (duration of use, frequency of use, routes of administration, cannabinoid used, concurrent use with exercise), benefits, and adverse effects were reported. Age was reported by decade from 21 to ≥60. Age trends in cannabis use patterns and subjective effects were assessed using linear trend analysis. RESULTS: Of the 1161 participants, 301 (26%) athletes currently used cannabis. Younger athletes compared to older athletes reported significantly more positive and adverse subjective effects to cannabis, used cannabis longer, and used both tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol for medical and recreational purposes. Younger athletes used cannabis concurrently with exercise more often than older athletes and consumed edibles, vaporized, and smoked more than older athletes. CONCLUSIONS: We found age-related cannabis patterns of use and subjective effects to cannabis. Concerns about cannabis mis-use and abuse in athletes maybe overstated with the potential benefits (improved sleep, decreased anxiety, less pain) outweighing the adverse effects (increased anxiety, increased appetite, difficulty concentrating). ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s42238-019-0006-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-78193052021-01-25 Age related differences in cannabis use and subjective effects in a large population-based survey of adult athletes Zeiger, Joanna S. Silvers, William S. Fleegler, Edward M. Zeiger, Robert S. J Cannabis Res Original Research BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of information regarding cannabis use behaviors in adult community-based athletes as most research in athletes has focused on misuse of cannabis in elite, adolescent, university-based athletes. We aimed to determine whether age related differences exist in patterns of cannabis use and subjective effects to cannabis in adult athletes. METHODS: The Athlete PEACE Survey used mainly social media and email blasts to recruit and SurveyGizmo to collect data. Cannabis patterns of use (duration of use, frequency of use, routes of administration, cannabinoid used, concurrent use with exercise), benefits, and adverse effects were reported. Age was reported by decade from 21 to ≥60. Age trends in cannabis use patterns and subjective effects were assessed using linear trend analysis. RESULTS: Of the 1161 participants, 301 (26%) athletes currently used cannabis. Younger athletes compared to older athletes reported significantly more positive and adverse subjective effects to cannabis, used cannabis longer, and used both tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol for medical and recreational purposes. Younger athletes used cannabis concurrently with exercise more often than older athletes and consumed edibles, vaporized, and smoked more than older athletes. CONCLUSIONS: We found age-related cannabis patterns of use and subjective effects to cannabis. Concerns about cannabis mis-use and abuse in athletes maybe overstated with the potential benefits (improved sleep, decreased anxiety, less pain) outweighing the adverse effects (increased anxiety, increased appetite, difficulty concentrating). ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s42238-019-0006-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2019-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7819305/ /pubmed/33526101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42238-019-0006-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Age related differences in cannabis use and subjective effects in a large population-based survey of adult athletes
title Age related differences in cannabis use and subjective effects in a large population-based survey of adult athletes
title_full Age related differences in cannabis use and subjective effects in a large population-based survey of adult athletes
title_fullStr Age related differences in cannabis use and subjective effects in a large population-based survey of adult athletes
title_full_unstemmed Age related differences in cannabis use and subjective effects in a large population-based survey of adult athletes
title_short Age related differences in cannabis use and subjective effects in a large population-based survey of adult athletes
title_sort age related differences in cannabis use and subjective effects in a large population-based survey of adult athletes
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7819305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33526101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42238-019-0006-9
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