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Cannabis use is often driven by coping with anxiety, though its daily impact on anxiety remains unclear. This study examined daily associations between cannabis use and anxiety across 30 days in adults who wanted to use cannabis for anxiety relief. Participants (N = 345) used flower or edible products ad libitum and were randomly assigned to groups by product type (CBD, THC, or THC + CBD). Each day, participants reported cannabis use in the past 24 h and rated their anxiety. Linear mixed-effects models tested whether anxiety changed over time, differed by cannabinoid group, and varied with use. Anxiety significantly decreased over the study period in both flower and edibles groups. In the flower group, THC + CBD and CBD products had greater decreases in anxiety (39.5% and 34.8%, respectively) compared to THC products (7.8%). In the edibles group, when participants used CBD products, this was associated with a 24.9% reduction in anxiety over the 30 days. 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