Short mobile program with personalized feedback and tailored texts to help young adults cut back on frequent high‑intensity cannabis use
Feasibility/Acceptability of a Brief Motivational Intervention Integrating Online Personalized Feedback & Tailored Text Messages for Frequent/High-Intensity Cannabis Use in Post-Legalization Landscape
This project tries a brief online program plus five weeks of personalized text messages to help young adults who use cannabis often or at high intensity reduce their use.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Washington NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Seattle, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11134750 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would use a mobile-friendly web program that gives personalized feedback about your cannabis use across five areas: patterns and potency, reasons you use, social connections and use, personal goals, and protective strategies. The program was shaped using input from young adults to make it acceptable and easy to use, especially for people not currently in treatment. After the web session, you would receive tailored text messages for five weeks to support reflection and small behavior changes. The main focus of this project is to see if the approach is feasible and acceptable to frequent cannabis users.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are young adults who use cannabis daily or nearly daily, use multiple times per day, or use high‑potency products, including those not seeking formal treatment.
Not a fit: People who only use cannabis occasionally, those with very severe cannabis use disorder needing intensive treatment, or those without a smartphone or internet access are unlikely to benefit from this brief mobile program.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could offer an easy, low‑burden way for young adults to reduce frequent or heavy cannabis use and related harms.
How similar studies have performed: Previous brief motivational and text‑message interventions for substance use have shown promise, but combining web‑based personalized feedback with tailored texts for frequent/high‑intensity cannabis use is relatively new.
Where this research is happening
Seattle, United States
- University of Washington — Seattle, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Lee, Christine M — University of Washington
- Study coordinator: Lee, Christine M
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.