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ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2025

Does Cannabis Use Reduce Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, Pain, and Insomnia Among Older Adults? A Systematic Review.

Kai Kohlwes, Mariam E Jacob, Joyce Do, Deborah Korenstein, Salomeh Keyhani, Katherine J Hoggatt

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Article in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Prevalence, Correlates, and Treatment of Major Depression Among Community-Dwelling Adults Aged ≥50 in the US.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kai KohlwesCenter for Data to Discovery and Delivery Innovation, San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, California, USA.
Mariam E JacobCenter for Data to Discovery and Delivery Innovation, San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, California, USA.
Joyce DoCenter for Data to Discovery and Delivery Innovation, San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, California, USA.
Deborah KorensteinMount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Salomeh KeyhaniCenter for Data to Discovery and Delivery Innovation, San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, California, USA.
Katherine J HoggattCenter for Data to Discovery and Delivery Innovation, San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9431-5438

Funding

Marijuana Use in Older Adults: Health, Function and Fall-Related InjuryR01AG058678 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU · PI KEYHANI, SALOMEH · 2019 to 2023
$3.0M
Risk Thresholds of Alcohol and Polysubstance Use Among Older AdultsR56AG070204 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU · PI HOGGATT, KATHERINE JOANN · 2021 to 2021
$694k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG058678NIA NIH HHS R56 AG070204
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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anxietycannabisdepressioninsomniapain

Identifiers

PMID40993966
PMCPMC12616676

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