The extent to which demographics of participants enrolled in cannabis clinical trials are representative of those who use cannabis is unknown. A new study published in Nature: Scientific Reports compared 2002 to 2021 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) on “past-month” cannabis use across various population subgroups with participant demographics were extracted from peer-reviewed clinical trials reporting on pharmacokinetic and/or pharmacodynamic models of cannabis or cannabinoids. Results identified that cannabis clinical trial participants are skewed toward overrepresentation by White males in their 20s and 30s. Read the article here.
Measuring the diversity gap of cannabis clinical trial participants compared to people who report using cannabis
Source: Nature

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