Table 2 Cannabis consumption reported by participants with lived experience (n = 12)

Frequency

Multiple times a week

1 (8%)

Once a day

2 (17%)

Multiple times a day

9 (75%)

Reasons*

For therapeutic use for a chronic illness or chronic symptoms

12 (100%)

For your own physical and mental wellness

12 (100%)

For recreational use (fun) or social use

4 (33%)

For spiritual use or traditional medicine purposes

1 (8%)

Other: for additional benefit of being more creative

1 (8%)

Preferred mode of consumption*

Ingesting edible products

10 (83%)

Smoking joints without tobacco

5 (42%)

Smoking using a pipe

2 (17%)

Vaporizing and vaping

2 (17%)

Applying on the skin

3 (25%)

Using suppositories

1 (8%)