Marijuana: Views on Its Medical Use Recorded at the Slovak Social Network

We describe opinions on medical use of "Cannabis sativa L." under conditions of Slovakia (n = 717). Personal experience with marijuana was detected in 77.42% (n = 553) in age categories younger than 20 years (n = 96) and in 77.06% (n = 457) of adults. Almost 86% of respondents (n = 618) ag...

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Published inJournal of drug education Vol. 46; no. 1-2; pp. 3 - 14
Main Authors Kolena, Branislav, Petrovicová, Ida, Trnovec, Tomáš, Pilka, Tomáš, Bicanová, Gabriela
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States SAGE Publications 01.06.2016
Subjects
Age Differences
Correlation
Drug Therapy
Educational Attainment
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Health Services
Marijuana
Online Surveys
Place of Residence
Public Opinion
Social Networks
Statistical Analysis
Substance Abuse
Slovakia
medical use
survey
Cannabis sativa L
education
Slovakia
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Summary:We describe opinions on medical use of "Cannabis sativa L." under conditions of Slovakia (n = 717). Personal experience with marijuana was detected in 77.42% (n = 553) in age categories younger than 20 years (n = 96) and in 77.06% (n = 457) of adults. Almost 86% of respondents (n = 618) agreed with legal use of marijuana for medical purposes. Furthermore, respondents' views on legal usage of marijuana for medical purposes could be affected by availability of information (r = 0.12) and personal experience (r = 0.23). Negative impact of substance abuse in younger age-groups was recognized as threat (r = 0.47), but knowledge about harmful effect of marijuana use did not affect personal opinion for decriminalization (r = 0.38).
ISSN:0047-2379
1541-4159
DOI:10.1177/0047237916646442