CANNABIS USE DISORDER SYMPTOMS CORRELATE WITH a DEPRESSION IN A RACIAL MINORITY SAMPLE BUT NOTIN A sero WHITE SAMPLE ad ‘mang cannabis sannabis use disorde (CUD) symptoms are higher in raciaizea than coward racalized opulations [1], despite high stigma diagnosis of cannabis use disorder (CUD) feooeeead 27 sex and age-matched white participants com measures of dep severity and CUD iment inthe pleted Concurrent Disorders (Outpatient Service at St Hamilton 2d gr faving comarbid and this comorbidity worsens rognosis (3). 3s experience of depression OBJECTIVE Given the unique combination of factors influencing cannabis use and depression in racialized individuals, the current study investigated differences in depression and symptoms of CUD in facialized and white individuals seeking treatment for concurrent disorders, a of depression, and vie ed groups with higher rates en experience higher rates Pen pendent samples t-test was performed to look for citfre ssive- symatom severity between groups, and correlations between CUD and depressive symptoms were run for both groups, DEMOGRAPHICS anaes RACIAL IDENTITIES OF Gs NON-WHITE SAMPLE " of . Racialized samples may experience comorbid CUD and depression differently than white samples, indicating a need for treatment that considers how intersecting identities impact the experience of addiction, Future studies would benefit rom (1) treating diferent racial minorities as distnet groups and collecting adequate samples ofeach, (2) Longitudinal design to establish temporality and (3) using other measures, such as clinician reports, in addition to self-report scales, se if rohit of oma mc