Exploring Medically Perceived Benefits, Use and Interest in Psychedelics and Cannabinoids

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

102 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-06-04

Study Completion Date

2022-02-15

Brief Summary

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The primary objective of this study is to collect insights from first responders and military personnel on their need for, use of, and interest in physical and/or mental health medical marijuana or psychedelic-assisted therapy programs. These preliminary data will help to inform and guide the development of a larger patient-oriented study and the design of a clinical program geared towards enhancing therapy treatments for first responders and military personnel.

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Detailed Description

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Members of first response teams including police, firefighters, paramedics, and military personnel in Canada, the United States, Oceana, and Europe will be asked to participate. The majority of these teams are unionized, consisting of municipal, provincial and federally organized unions throughout Canada, United States, Oceana and Europe.

Whenever possible, the research team will provide an invitation to its members via union representatives. These unions are a trusted source for first responders and military personnel as they are intended to have the best interests of these first responders in mind. The union representatives possess the contact information of the first responders and military personnel. The unions routinely circulate e-mails to members that include information relevant for members such as upcoming events, important meetings, team activities on and off-duty, and opportunities to participate in research.

Emails with the link to the survey will be circulated to members approximately every month for 3 months, or until at least 1000 participants have responded. The link to the survey may also be shared through personal connections among first responders and/or word of mouth.

Participants will be sent a link to open an anonymous survey which they can complete at their location and time of choosing. Once the survey link has been accessed by a potential participant, background information will be provided regarding the project that includes an informed consent statement. Participants may leave the survey at any time should they wish to discontinue.

The survey will be distributed to first responders and military personnel using an online questionnaire. This survey will contain questions about basic demographics, history of mental health conditions, satisfaction with current life status, past use of cannabis and other psychedelic substances, and interest and potential barriers in trying psychedelic or medical marijuana-assisted physical or mental health therapy in a research or clinical context. The Brief Inventory of Psychosocial Functioning (13) and a subset of questions from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Quick Screen (14) have been integrated into the survey to enhance reliability and validity of results.

The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Once the survey has been submitted, participants will have the option to click a link to enter their email address using a separate collection form, if they would like to be contacted for future research opportunities.

The list of email addresses will not be linked to the survey results.

Data will be analyzed from all completed (fully or partially) and submitted surveys. Every question will contain a "Prefer Not to Say" option if a response is mandatory.

Conditions

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PTSD Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Depression Depressive Disorder Psychological Psychedelic Experiences Psychedelic Drug Dependence

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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North American First Responders

Spread directly to union representatives for email and messaging to those interested in taking the survey

Cannabis

Intervention Type DRUG

Recreational Cannabis

Oceana and European first responders

First responder unions and groups that are located outside of North America - particularly Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, other commonwealth nations.

Cannabis

Intervention Type DRUG

Recreational Cannabis

Interventions

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Cannabis

Recreational Cannabis

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Recreational Cannabis

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult (19+) first responders and military personnel in Canada, USA, Oceana and Europe -
* Not restricted by restricted by sex, gender, or diagnoses.
* Respondents must be able to read and write in English to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

* Individuals who are not first responders, military personnel, or an aligned profession
* Individuals under the age of 19
* Those who are not able to read and write in English

Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes