Cannabinoid & Anxiety Relief Education Study (C.A.R.E.S.)
Lead Researcher Dr. Sean Young and researchers from the Department of Emergency
Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, in partnership with Wholistic Research and
Education Foundation, are recruiting participants for a research study about CBD and cannabis
use during the COVID-19 Pandemic and its impact on health and well-being.
You are eligible to participate in this study if you are 18+ who is competent to give informed
consent, English speaking, and use hemp-derived CBD and/or cannabis.
The study will take place online. You will be asked to complete an online questionnaire
(approximately 10-15 minutes).
You will not be compensated for your participation; however, if you are interested in how your
personal experience with CBD and/or cannabis compares with our total survey population,
please visit wholistic.org/cares for preliminary survey results in November 2020.
This first-of-its kind survey is expected to yield unique insights about the effects of the current
pandemic on anxiety levels and sleep quality, and whether CBD and/or cannabis use during this
time has had any impact on users’ health and well-being. The research findings will be broadly
shared with the general public to aid in cannabis and CBD education.
Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. Your answers will be kept privately in a
secure location. The only people who will have access to your survey are members of the
research team. If you are interested in participating in this study, please follow the link below to
check for eligibility.
For any questions, please contact our lab at hopeuci@hs.uci.edu.