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Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/82300, first published .
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Characterizing Online Questions and Answers About Cannabis Use and Pregnancy on the Social Media Platform Quora: Data Mining and Qualitative Content Analysis

Characterizing Online Questions and Answers About Cannabis Use and Pregnancy on the Social Media Platform Quora: Data Mining and Qualitative Content Analysis

Qing Xu   1, 2 , MAS ;   Christine Wenzel   1 , BA ;   Jiawei Li   1 , MS ;   Zhuoran Li   1 , MS ;   Mingxiang Cai   1 , MS ;   Cassandra L Taylor   3 , PhD ;   Beverly J Wolpert   4 , MS, PhD ;   Catharine Trice   4, 5 , MA ;   Erin South   5 , PharmD ;   Susan Bersoff-Matcha   5 , MD ;   Tim Mackey   1, 2, 6, 7 , MAS, PhD

1 S-3 Research LLC, San Diego, CA, United States

2 Global Health Policy and Data Institute, San Diego, CA, United States

3 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, United States

4 Human Foods Program, Office of Surveillance Strategy and Risk Prioritization, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD, United States

5 Office of Women’s Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, United States

6 Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States

7 San Diego Supercomputer Center, San Diego, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Tim Mackey, MAS, PhD
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