Mining social media data on marijuana use for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Highlights：

• We found a proliferation of PTSD tweets that support marijuana use on Twitter.

• The prevalence of supporting marijuana use was correlated with state legal statues.

• Age, education and income were associated with the prevalence of support tweets.

• Educational campaigns on adverse effects of marijuana use are critically needed.

摘要

•We found a proliferation of PTSD tweets that support marijuana use on Twitter.•The prevalence of supporting marijuana use was correlated with state legal statues.•Age, education and income were associated with the prevalence of support tweets.•Educational campaigns on adverse effects of marijuana use are critically needed.

论文关键词：Marijuana,PTSD,State-level legalization,Socio-economic factors,Twitter

论文评审过程：Received 13 August 2016, Revised 15 December 2016, Accepted 28 December 2016, Available online 3 January 2017, Version of Record 6 February 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.064