MIVetsCan: Can-Coach Trial (Phase 2)

Inclusion Criteria:

* United States Veteran
* Experiencing chronic pain (pain lasting 3 or more months)
* Moderate to severe chronic pain
* Are planning or currently using cannabidiol (CBD) or cannabis products for pain management
* Able to read and speak English sufficiently to allow for informed consent and active participation in the educational intervention sessions
* Willingness to attend all study visits (conducted virtually)
* Willingness to fill out periodic assessments via smartphone to assess symptom status and cannabis use (protocol has more details)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Inability to provide informed consent (e.g., cognitive impairment, unable to sufficiently communicate in English)
* Participant states participant is pregnant
* Planning to move out of a state with legal recreational marijuana use during course of study;
* Current diagnosis or past history of a psychotic disorder (schizophrenia spectrum, except substance/medication -induced or due to another condition)
* Current diagnosis or past history of bipolar disorder
* Unable to attend study visits
* Risk for imminent harm - Suicidal ideation or wish to die as assessed with the Positive and Negative Suicide Ideation (PANSI) questionnaire and further risk assessment by study team members
* Any impairment, activity, behavior, or situation that in the judgment of the study team would prevent satisfactory completion of the study protocol