Is Recovery from Cannabis Dependence Possible? Factors that Help or Hinder Recovery in a National Sample of Canadians with a History of Cannabis Dependence

Table 1

Characteristics of those with and without a history of cannabis dependence .

	No history of cannabis dependence	With history of cannabis dependence	-value
	(%)	(%)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
	Current cannabis dependence
Yes	0 (0.0%)	93 (27.8%)	<0.001
No	20,443 (100.0 %)	241 (72.2%)
Positive mental health
No	5,337 (26.1%)	192 (57.5%)	<0.001
Yes	15,106 (73.9%)	142 (42.5%)
Current mental illness
1 or more mental illnesses	1,719 (8.4%)	157 (47.0%)	<0.001
None	18,724 (91.6%)	177 (53.0%)
Sex
Male	9,977 (48.8%)	238 (71.3%)	<0.001
Female	10,466 (51.2%)	96 (28.7%)
Race/ethnicity
White	15,823 (77.4%)	290 (86.8%)	<0.001
Visible minority	4,620 (22.6%)	44 (13.2%)
Age	47.80 ± 16.78	34.42 ± 11.20	<0.001
Education
No post-secondary degree	7,227 (35.4%)	177 (53.2%)	<0.001
Post-secondary degree	13,216 (64.6%)	156 (46.8%)
Household income (in thousands of dollars)	51.55 ± 28.54	45.88 ± 29.74	<0.001
Adverse childhood events	0.36 ± 0.63	0.90 ± 0.94	<0.001
Marital status
Single/divorced/widowed	6,893 (33.7%)	214 (64.1%)	<0.001
Married/common-law	13,550 (66.3%)	120 (35.9%)
Social provisions scale	36.05 ± 4.33	35.29 ± 4.80	0.002
Lifetime history of major depressive disorder
Yes	2,256 (11.0%)	118 (35.3%)	<0.001
No	18,188 (89.0%)	216 (64.7%)
Lifetime history of generalized anxiety disorder
Yes	1,759 (8.6%)	90 (26.9%)	<0.001
No	18,684 (91.4%)	244 (73.1%)