| |
CPHA
|
CAMH
|
HC
|
CMHA
|
PHAC
|
MHCC
|
CIHR
|
NIDA
|
SAMHSA
|
NIH
|
APHA
|
NAMI
|
CDC
|
DHHS
| |
|
Number of followers*
|
3902
|
39,802
|
215,021
|
21,364
|
73,964
|
18,552
|
41,169
|
40,374
|
75,636
|
811,577
|
476,891
|
106,504
|
863,534
|
711,590
| |
|
Date range of included data (mm/yy)
|
02/15–09/17
|
07/16–09/17
|
08/13–09/17
|
07/12–09/17
|
11/11–09/17
|
05/15–09/17
|
12/15–09/17
|
04/15–09/17
|
01/16–09/17
|
06/15–09/17
|
08/16–09/17
|
02/16–09/17
|
08/16–09/17
|
05/16–09/17
| |
|
Number of cannabis-related Tweets (/3200)
|
108
|
84
|
47
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
291
|
14
|
3
|
17
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
N = 580
|
|
Theme/ Sub-theme Frequency ┼
|
Total n (%)
|
|
T1: Health-related topics
|
103 (17.8%)
|
|
Therapeutic effects
|
2
| | | | | | |
20
| | | | | | |
22
|
|
Smoke (cannabis & tobacco)
| |
3
| | | | | |
3
| | | | | | |
6
|
|
Neurological impacts
| |
10
| |
1
| | | |
37
| |
1
| | | | |
49
|
|
Substance use disorders
| | | | | | | |
10
| | | | | | |
10
|
|
Cannabis and mental illness
| |
5
| |
2
| | | |
9
| | | | | | |
16
|
|
T2: Legalization and legislation
|
103 (17.8%)
|
|
Expert discussions
|
6
|
10
|
3
| | | | |
3
| | | | | | |
22
|
|
Governmental announcements
|
5
| |
8
| | | | | | | | | | | |
13
|
|
Issues with legalization
|
12
|
1
| | | | | |
6
| | | | | | |
19
|
|
Promoting legalization with regulation
|
13
|
3
|
7
| | | | | | | | | | | |
23
|
|
Promoting proposed legislation
|
4
| |
12
| | | | | | | | | | | |
16
|
|
Advertising public consultation
| | |
8
|
1
| | | |
1
| | | | | | |
10
|
|
T3: Research on cannabis
|
101 (17.4%)
|
|
Cannabis and alcohol
| |
2
| | | | | |
21
| |
1
| | | | |
24
|
|
Cannabis and opioids
| | | | | | | |
8
| |
1
| | | | |
9
|
|
Sharing research results
|
3
|
15
| |
2
| | |
1
|
45
| | |
1
| | | |
67
|
|
Removing barriers to research
|
1
|
2
| | | | | |
7
| | | | | | |
10
|
|
T4: Special Populations
|
92 (15.9%)
|
|
Parents
| | | | | | | |
8
| | | | | | |
8
|
|
Pregnant women
| | | | | | | |
9
| | | | | | |
9
|
|
Youth and young adults
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
1
| | | |
47
|
6
|
1
| | | | |
67
|
|
College students
| | | | | | | |
8
| | | | | | |
8
|
|
T5: Driving and cannabis
|
3
|
5
| | | | | |
51
| | | | | |
59 (10.2%)
|
|
T6: Population-level issues
|
38 (6.6%)
|
|
Public perception of cannabis
| |
1
| | | | | |
10
|
2
| | | | | |
13
|
|
Cannabis use rates
|
3
|
1
|
1
| | | | |
11
|
4
|
1
|
4
| | | |
25
|
|
T7: Medical cannabis
|
18
|
3
|
3
| | | | |
11
| | | | | |
35 (6.0%)
|
|
T8: Public health topics
|
22 (3.8%)
|
|
Approach to regulation
|
9
|
1
|
1
| |
3
| | | | | | | | | |
14
|
|
Promoting low-risk guidelines
|
4
|
3
| | | | | |
1
| | | | | | |
8
|
|
Totals
|
88
|
69
|
46
|
7
|
3
| |
1
|
326
|
12
|
5
|
5
| | | |
562
|
