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Using Social Media Data to Investigate Public Perceptions of Cannabis as a Medicine: Narrative Review.

Sedigheh Khademi HabibabadiChristine Mary HallinanMike ConwayYvonne Ann Bonomo
Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2023)
The extensive web-based presence of the cannabis industry coupled with the conversational nature of social media discourse results in rich but potentially biased information that is often not well-supported by scientific evidence. This review summarizes what social media is saying about the medicinal use of cannabis and discusses the challenges faced by health governance agencies and professionals to make use of web-based resources to both learn from medicinal cannabis users and provide factual, timely, and reliable evidence-based health information to consumers.
Keyphrases
  • social media
  • health information
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • primary care
  • electronic health record
  • public health
  • emergency department
  • adverse drug