Adult Use Survey Results

(This page is under construction. We will be adding more reports periodically.)

Here are some results of our cannabis effectiveness survey by people who use cannabinoid products to improve the quality of their life - they are not treating a formally diagnosed medical condition. However, they have found that cannabinoids can help improve their everyday life in some way.

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Always keep in mind that everyone has unique biochemistry and what works well for one person may be totally ineffective or even detrimental for another. But we think it's always good to understand what works well for others as we each use trial and error to figure out what works best for us.

If you have any suggestions to make the reports we publish more useful, we encourage you to let us know by email: cs@cbgamedical.com. Thank you for your support!

Data was collected from November 2020 to February 2025. We continue to collect it and usually update the reports every year.

 
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Adult Use Goals

Here is what people tell us about their adult use goals for cannabinoid products. Relaxation is most common with about 77% stating it as a primary goal. Improving sleep (72%), improving disposition (69%), and help focusing (68%) were also very popular goals. You can select multiple adult use goals so the totals do not sum to 100%.

Horizontal green bar chart showing the primary goals adult users have for their cannabis consumption. Relaxation is no. 1 with 77% reported it as a goal. In descending rank order the rest are: Improve my sleep (72%), Improve my disposition (69%), Help me focus (68%), Enhance a non-physical activity (57%), Increase my comfort level in a social situation (57%), Increase my energy level (53%), Enhance a physical activity (53%), Reduce my energy level (49%), Creativity (43%), Sexual (42%)

 


Effectiveness for Relaxation

Ingesting and smoking are reported to be the most effective administration methods for relaxation with an average rating of 81% effective, but vaporizing was very close at 80%. Mucosal had a 77% average effectiveness rating according to our respondents. 

Vertical bar chart on black background showing the self-reported effectiveness for relaxation: 81% for ingesting (swallowing), 81% for smoking, 80% for vaporizing, and 77% for mucosal administration (tinctures, suppositories)

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Effectiveness for Improving Sleep

Quick summaries of some published research on sleep disorders and insomnia are here.

(This page is under construction. We will be adding more reports periodically.)

 

 


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Wait time and Duration

People tell us that the wait time to feel effects and the duration of those effects varies a lot based on the method of administration. The effects from inhaling smoke or vapor begin very fast (<10 minutes) and then last about 2 hours, on average. Ingesting (swallowing) takes about 40 minutes to start but lasts an average of about 6.4 hours.

Tincture effects take about half an hour to start and last an average of 5.9 hours, almost as long as ingesting (6.4 hours). Recent research indicates that often tinctures are swallowed before they are absorbed mucosally, so they end up being processed in the liver like ingested products.

Horizontal combined bar chart showing wait time and duration of effects averages for 4 methods of consumption of cannabis products.

 

Side Effects

Here is what people tell us about the unpleasant or adverse side effects they experience. 73% said they do not experience any significant adverse side effects. 

The top three are dry mouth (22%), Dry or Red Eyes (12%) and Increased Appetite (11%). Then 9% reported Fatigue or Lethargy, 8% reported Impaired Memory and 6% reported Anxiety or Stress. 
 
Horizontal Bar Chart showing 14 Cannabis & Hemp product side effects and the % of respondents who reported them. 73% of respondents reported "None".

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We will be continuously updating this results page periodically as we collect more data. Our research project has no end date, because new product development will continue, and we see our work as a "living" analysis.

It will be developing with new insights for many years to come. Thank you for your help in de-stigmatizing perhaps the most powerful and misunderstood plant on earth!

And don't forget to encourage your friends and family to contribute to our research by taking a quick survey about "What Works Best" for them. Every story matters. Thank you!