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Table 6 Preferred medicinal cannabis types and strains in all non-headache groups, excluding patients with headache as primary symptom

From: Patterns of medicinal cannabis use, strain analysis, and substitution effect among patients with migraine, headache, arthritis, and chronic pain in a medicinal cannabis cohort

Preferred Cannabis Type

 

Chronic pain as primary illness (450)

Arthritis as primary illness (159)

Mental Health Condition (417)/PTSD (69) = (486)

Insomnia/Sleep Disorder (166)

Gastrointestinal Disorder (51)/Crohn’s Disease (32) = (83)

Overall Medicinal Cannabis Cohort (1527)

 Hybrid

162 (36%)

46 (28.9%)

138 (28.4%)

52 (31.3%)

33 (39.8%)

486 (31.8%)

 Indica

114 (25.3%)

51 (32.1%)

125 (25.7%)

74 (44.6%)

10 (12.1%)

426 (27.9%)

 Sativa

88 (19.6%)

26 (16.4%)

154 (31.7%)

32 (19.3%)

20 (24.1%)

366 (24%)

 3:1 CBD:THC

40 (8.9%)

17 (10.7%)

37 (7.6%)

2 (1.2%)

10 (12.1%)

120 (7.9%)

 1:1 CBD:THC

43 (9.6%)

16 (10.1%)

30 (6.2%)

6 (3.6%)

10 (12.1%)

121 (7.9%)

 No response

3 (0.7%)

3 (1.9%)

2 (0.4%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

8 (0.5%)

Preferred Cannabis Strains (top 15)

 

Chronic pain as primary illness

Arthritis as primary illness

Mental Health Condition + PTSD

Insomnia/Sleep Disorder

Gastrointestinal Disorder + Crohn’s Disease

Overall Medicinal Cannabis Cohort

 

OG Shark (33; 10.5%)

OG Shark (11; 9.3%)

Jack Herer (42; 11.6%)

Lemon Sour Diesel (17; 14.4%)

Island Sweet Skunk (7; 10.6%)

Jack Herer (93; 8.9%)

 

Pink Kush (30; 9.6%)

Cannatonic (10; 8.5%)

Island Sweet Skunk (39; 10.7%)

OG shark (10; 8.5%)

Jack Herer (6; 9%)

Pink Kush (87; 8.3%)

 

CBD House Blend (29; 9.3%)

Sweet Skunk CBD (9; 7.6%)

White Widow (38; 10.5%)

Skywalker OG (10; 8.5%)

Warlock CBD (6; 9%)

OG Shark (86; 8.2%)

 

Skywalker OG (22; 7%)

CBD House Blend (9; 7.6%)

Jean Guy (28; 7.7%)

Pink Kush (10; 8.5%)

Sweet Skunk CBD (5; 7.6%)

Island Sweet Skunk (86; 8.2%)

 

Warlock CBD (21; 6.7%)

Jack Herer (9; 7.6%)

Pink Kush (27; 7.4%)

Jack Herer (9; 7.6%)

White Widow (5; 7.6%)

White Widow (83; 7.9%)

 

Jack Herer (20; 6.4%)

Indica House Blend (8; 6.8%)

Lemon Sour Diesel (26; 7.2%)

White Widow (9; 7.6%)

Hybrid House Blend (5; 7.6%)

Lemon Sour Diesel (81; 7.7%)

 

Master Kush (19; 6.1%)

Warlock CBD (7; 5.9%)

OG Shark (23; 6.3%)

Afghani (7; 5.9%)

Afghani (4; 6%)

Jean Guy (65; 6.2%)

 

Black Tuna (19; 6.1%)

Lemon Sour Diesel (7; 5.9%)

Sweet Skunk CBD (21; 5.8%)

Black Tuna (7; 5.9%)

Black Tuna (4; 6%)

Warlock CBD (63; 6%)

 

Afghani (18; 5.8%)

White Widow (7; 5.9%)

Afghani (20; 5.5%)

Sweet Skunk CBD (6; 5.1%)

Lemon Sour Diesel (4; 6%)

CBD House Blend (63; 6%)

 

Lemon Sour Diesel (18; 5.8%)

Pink Kush (7; 5.9%)

Warlock CBD (20; 5.5%)

Island Sweet Skunk (6; 5.1%)

Headband (4; 6%)

Skywalker OG (62; 5.9%)

 

Island Sweet Skunk (18; 5.8%)

Hybrid House Blend (6; 5.1%)

Cannatonic (18; 5%)

Indica House Blend (6; 5.1%)

Cannatonic (4; 6%)

Sweet Skunk CBD (60; 5.7%)

 

Sweet Skunk CBD (17; 5.4%)

Master Kush (6; 5.1%)

Master Kush (17; 4.7%)

Master Kush (6; 5.1%)

CBD House Blend (3; 4.6%)

Afghani (59; 5.6%)

 

Cannatonic (17; 5.4%)

Island Sweet Skunk (6; 5.1%)

Skywalker OG (16; 4.4%)

Jean Guy (5; 4.2%)

Purple Kush (3; 4.6%)

Cannatonic (59; 5.6%)

 

Jean Guy (17; 5.4%)

Girl Scout Cookies (GSC) (6; 5.1%)

Hybrid House Blend (15; 4.1%)

Blueberry (5; 4.2%)

Jean Guy (3; 4.6%)

Master Kush (54; 5.1%)

 

Girl Scout Cookies (GSC) (15; 4.8%)

Skywalker OG (5; 4.2%), Jean Guy (5; 4.2%)

Black Tuna (13; 3.6%)

Mango (5; 4.2%)

Pink Kush (3; 4.6%)

Black Tuna (50; 4.8%)