Table 2 Characteristics of Veterans 18 and older on LTOT with positive urine drug screen for cannabis in 2019 with and without documentation related to cannabis use

Mean age in years (SD)^a

62.1 (10.3)

62.9 (9.9)

61.7 (10.5)

 < 0.01

Age (years)

 < 0.01

 18–44

983 (8.1)

278 (6.7)

705 (8.9)

 45–64

5,355 (44.4)

1,786 (43.3)

3,569 (44.9)

 65–74

5,1000 (42.3)

1,797 (43.6)

3,303 (41.6)

 75–84

570 (4.7)

237 (5.7)

333 (4.2)

 85 or older

62 (0.5)

24 (0.6)

38 (0.5)

Male Gender

11,280 (93.5)

3,890 (94.4)

7,390 (93.0)

0.04

Race

0.028

 American Indian or Alaska Native

166 (1.4)

41 (1.0)

125 (1.6)

 Asian

47 (0.4)

13 (0.3)

34 (0.4)

 Black or African American

1,518 (12.6)

542 (13.1)

976 (12.3)

 More than one race

139 (1.2)

59 (1.4)

80 (1.0)

 Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

105 (0.9)

35 (0.8)

70 (0.9)

 Unknown

805 (6.7)

284 (6.9)

521 (6.6)

 White

9,290 (77.0)

3,148 (76.4)

6,142 (77.3)

 Hispanic or Latino

655 (5.4)

185 (4.5)

470 (5.9)

 < 0.01

 Married

5,442 (45.1)

1,850 (44.9)

3,5920 (45.2)

0.75

 Currently Tobacco smoker

1,363 (11.3)

452 (11.0)

911 (11.5)

0.43

 Alcohol use disorder

1,182 (9.8)

312 (7.6)

870 (10.9)

 < 0.01

 Elevated Audit C

610 (5.1)

179 (4.3)

431 (5.4)

0.012

 Drug use disorder

1,594 (13.2)

351 (8.5)

1,243 (15.6)

 < 0.01

 Anxiety

2,186 (18.1)

582 (14.1)

1,604 (20.2)

 < 0.01

 Depression

4,054 (33.6)

1,074 (26.1)

2,980 (37.5)

 < 0.01

 PTSD

3,289 (27.2)

878 (21.3)

2,411 (30.3)

 < 0.01

 Bipolar disorder

547 (4.5)

100 (2.4)

447 (5.6)

 < 0.01

 Psychosis/Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder

248 (2.1)

47 (1.1)

201 (2.5)

 < 0.01

 Homeless/ Receipt of Housing Services

940 (7.8)

270 (6.6)

670 (8.4)

 < 0.01

Legal status of state of residence

 < 0.01

 Recreationally legal

6,180 (51.2)

2,385 (57.9)

3,795 (47.7)

 Medical legal

4,284 (35.5)

1,236 (30.0)

3,048 (38.3)

 Non-legal

1,606 (13.3)

501 (12.2)

1,105 (13.9)