Women’s Use of and Access to Illicit Cannabis: An Investigation of Gendered Norms among College Students in Canada

Kolar, Kat

doi:10.1007/s11199-020-01176-4

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“…In addition, non-users interpreted their resistance to peer pressure as a form of self-identity (see also Mostaghim & Hathaway, 2013) and as a sign of maturity and personal integrity. Gender expectations may have also influenced the perspective of non-users in our study since they were principally female, and women are more influenced by social control than men when using illicit drugs (Dahl & Sandberg, 2014;Kolar, 2021;Measham, 2002). For instance, Butters (2004) observed that having fewer friends who used drugs and stronger perceptions of parental disapproval of cannabis use were stronger deterrent factors of cannabis use escalation to risk levels for female adolescents than for males.…”

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Attitudes Toward Cannabis of Users and Non-users in Spain: a Concept Mapping Study Among University Students

Roldán

Parra

Blasco

2022

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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The social perception of cannabis use in Spain is getting more tolerant among young people. This study aims to uncover the attitudes of university students toward cannabis and examine the differences in their attitudes according to their use status. We applied concept mapping, a mixed-methods approach. Participants were recruited from 12 universities. During the first stage, 5 focus groups were conducted with 56 participants to determine the ideas in the concept map. In the second stage, ideas were pile-sorted and rated by 140 participants (77% females; average age = 21.6). Hierarchical cluster analysis of the pile-sort data generated the cluster map. We used t-tests to explore differences in ratings by pastyear users and non-users (abstainers and ex-users). Participants generated 70 ideas associated with cannabis during the brainstorming sessions and categorized them into six groups: risks and harms, information, legalization, motives, tobacco and cannabis, and normalization. Users and non-users agree that cannabis has health risks and that smoking it mixed with tobacco is the main route of administration, although they do not perceive that this mode increases the hazards. Both users and non-users demand more information. However, they strongly disagree regarding the rest of the clusters. Users distinguish between sensible and problem use. They associate frequent use and coping motives with difficulties, whereas they perceive that moderate use yields pleasures and benefits. They blame the lack of legalization for the social stigma they still suffer. Non-users reject these considerations. Spanish university students believe that cannabis use is normal among young people. Non-users are tolerant of peers who use cannabis, but users feel stigmatized. There is a divide between the two groups regarding the convenience of implementing legal reforms.

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