Public interest in Cannabis during election season: a Google Trends analysis

Trevor Torgerson; Will Roberts; Drew Lester; Jam Khojasteh; Matt Vassar

doi:10.1186/s42238-020-00039-9

Public interest in Cannabis during election season: a Google Trends analysis

Trevor Torgerson, Will Roberts, Drew Lester, Jam Khojasteh, Matt Vassar

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Given that 72% of internet users seek out health information using an internet search engine (Google being the most popular); we sought to investigate the public internet search interest in cannabis as a health topic when cannabis legislation appeared on state ballots and during presidential elections.

Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Cannabis Research
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s42238-020-00039-9
State	Published - 22 Sep 2020

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