What question did this study set out to answer?

The research aims to identify and characterize adverse experiences related to cannabis use as reported on Reddit.

February 6, 2026Open Access

Transformer-Based Topic Modeling: Characterizing Cannabis Product Adverse Experiences Self-Reported as Requiring Medical Attention on Reddit

Key Points

The research aims to identify and characterize adverse experiences related to cannabis use as reported on Reddit.
Utilized keyword filtering to gather relevant discussions.
Employed a transformer-based algorithm for analysis.
Applied inductive content coding to categorize experiences.
Identified a total of 1177 self-reported adverse experiences.
Characterized specific types of adverse experiences requiring medical attention.

Abstract

This study uses keyword filtering, a transformer-based algorithm, and inductive content coding to identify and characterize cannabis adverse experiences as discussed on the social media platform Reddit and reports a total of 1177 self-reported adverse experiences requiring medical attention.

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Mackey et al. (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698586238f7c464f2300a179 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2196/82661

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