More People Are Consuming Cannabis During COVID-19

Cannabis sales are going up, medicinal marijuana prescriptions are increasing, and self-reported cannabis consumption rates are spiking — all during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As we discussed last week, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been surprisingly beneficial to the global cannabis industry. Canadian and American cannabis dispensaries have seen increases in sales during the lockdowns, and Australia has hit a record–high number of SAS-B portal approvals for medicinal cannabis medicines.

Now, new data is emerging highlighting these increases in cannabis consumption in greater detail.

After analyzing over 1 million Reddit threads, American Marijuana discovered that cannabis-related threads received a boost in engagement that coincided with COVID-19 spikes and their accompanying lockdowns.

Additionally, as COVID-19 cases began to decrease in April and May, Reddit threads relating to quitting cannabis increased by 28.22%. This suggests that some of the recent increase in cannabis use may be related to…