Association of Tetrahydrocannabinol Content and Price in Herbal Cannabis Products Offered by Dispensaries in California: A Purview of Consumers/Patients.
Association of Tetrahydrocannabinol Content and Price in Herbal Cannabis Products Offered by Dispensaries in California: A Purview of Consumers/Patients.
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DOI：
10.3389/fpubh.2022.893009
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发表时间：
2022
影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Romero-Sandoval, E. Alfonso
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作者：
Dobbins, MaryBeth;Rakkar, Mannat;Cunnane, Katharine;Pennypacker, Sarah D.;Wagoner, Kimberly G.;Reboussin, Beth A.;Romero-Sandoval, E. Alfonso
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美国合法的大麻市场上充斥着含有高浓度四氢大麻酚(THC)的产品，没有区分医疗和娱乐项目。这种强有力的大麻产品的无处不在似乎是由娱乐领域推动的，在那里，含有最高THC含量的大麻受到珍视。这种高效力大麻的流行被传达给医疗项目，这将消费者(患者)置于过度消费和大麻使用障碍的更高风险中。因此，了解患者在医用大麻计划中面临的影响市场的因素可以揭示合法大麻的风险。美国营利性大麻市场的供需动态可以解释目前的市场构成；因此，我们假设经济收益可能会影响合法大麻药房中高THC产品的长期流行。我们调查受欢迎的大麻产品中的THC含量是否与较高的价格相关，并评估某些属性(产品类型、化学变种或大麻二酚(CBD)的存在)是否影响THC与价格的关联。我们专注于世界上最大的大麻市场加利福尼亚州。我们在全州随机选择药房，筛选网络存在和产品菜单，确定最流行的产品类型，并收集THC和CBD浓度、价格和其他产品属性。我们观察到草药产品更常见，它们的THC浓度大于10%，并且THC浓度与价格呈正相关。这种相关性存在于花和卷曲前的展示中，所有的化学变种，并且独立于CBD的水平。CBD与价格没有相关性；然而，CBD的存在降低了THC和价格的相关性，特别是在THC高(>；15%)的产品中。总体而言，在加州药房，高效草本大麻产品(>；15%THC)是提供的大多数产品，而且无论产品类型或化学变种都更昂贵，这表明经济收益有助于目前的市场构成。需要努力限制高效力THC产品的供应，并教育消费者了解潜在的危害。
The U.S. legal cannabis market is saturated with products containing high levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), with no distinction between medical and recreational programs. This omnipresence of potent cannabis products seems to be driven by the recreational realm, where cannabis with the highest THC content is prized. This prevalence of highly potent cannabis is conveyed to medical programs, which places consumers (patients) at higher risk for over consumption and cannabis use disorder. Thus, understanding what factors influence the market that patients face in medical cannabis programs could shed light on the risks of legal cannabis. The supply and demand dynamic of the US for-profit cannabis market could explain the current market composition; therefore, we postulate that a financial gain could influence the perpetuation of the prevalence of high THC products in legal cannabis dispensaries. We investigate whether THC content in popular cannabis products correlates with higher prices and assess whether some attributes (type of product, chemovars, or presence of cannabidiol (CBD) affect the association of THC with price. We focus on the world's largest cannabis market, California. We randomly selected dispensaries across the state, screened for a web presence and product menu, determined the most prevalent product type, and collected THC and CBD concentration, price, and other product attributes. We observed that herbal products were more common, they had THC concentrations greater than 10%, and THC concentrations positively correlated with price. This correlation existed in flower and preroll presentations, all chemovar, and independently of the level of CBD. CBD did not correlate with price; however, the presence of CBD diminished the THC and price correlation particularly in products with high THC (>15%). Overall, highly potent herbal cannabis products (>15% THC) are the majority of products offered and more expensive regardless of product type or chemovar in California dispensaries, suggesting that a financial gain contributes to the current market composition. Efforts to limit the availability of highly potent THC products and educate consumers about potential harms are needed.
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影响因子：
4
作者：
Boehnke, Kevin F.;Scott, J. Ryan;Clauw, Daniel J.
通讯作者：
Clauw, Daniel J.
影响因子：
2.2
作者：
Grafinger, Katharina Elisabeth;Kronert, Severine;Weinmann, Wolfgang
通讯作者：
Weinmann, Wolfgang
DOI：
10.1186/s10194-018-0862-2
发表时间：
2018-05-24
期刊：
The journal of headache and pain
影响因子：
--
作者：
Baron EP;Lucas P;Eades J;Hogue O
通讯作者：
Hogue O
影响因子：
9.9
作者：
Abrams, D. I.;Jay, C. A.;Petersen, K. L.
通讯作者：
Petersen, K. L.
影响因子：
4.4
作者：
Caulkins, Jonathan P.;Bao, Yilun;Kilmer, Beau
通讯作者：
Kilmer, Beau