Sales to apparently alcohol-intoxicated customers and online responsible vendor training in recreational cannabis stores in a randomized trial
| Autor: | Andrew Grayson, David B. Buller, Robert F. Saltz, Gary Cutter, W. Gill Woodall, Sierra Svendsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Colorado Vendor Medicine (miscellaneous) Article law.invention 03 medical and health sciences Oregon 0302 clinical medicine Alcohol intoxication Randomized controlled trial law Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Recreation Driving under the influence health care economics and organizations Cannabis 030505 public health biology Health Policy celebrities Commerce Advertising biology.organism_classification medicine.disease United States celebrities.reason_for_arrest Risk perception Business 0305 other medical science Alcoholic Intoxication |
| Zdroj: | Int J Drug Policy |
| ISSN: | 1873-4758 |
| Popis: | Background In some U.S. states, laws prohibit sales of recreational marijuana to intoxicated customers to prevent associated harms. In alcohol markets, training in responsible sales practices is one intervention to help reduce such sales to intoxicated customers. Similar training may be beneficial in the recreational cannabis market. Methods An online responsible marijuana vendor (RMV) training was developed. Among its five modules, learning elements taught store personnel to recognize signs of alcohol impairment and intoxication, refuse sales, and understand the risks of driving under the influence of cannabis. A sample of n = 150 recreational cannabis stores in Colorado, Oregon, and Washington State, USA were enrolled in a randomized controlled trial, half of which were randomly assigned to use the RMV training. Stores were posttested using a pseudo-customer protocol in which confederate buyers feigned obvious signs of alcohol intoxication. Results Deterrence of sales to intoxicated customers does not seem to exist, regardless of whether the states’ laws prohibit it. Only 16 of 146 stores (11.0%; 4 Oregon stores were eliminated that were not in business) refused sales. There was no difference in refusal rates between intervention (11.6% [3.9%]) and control stores (7.6% [3.1%], F = 0.71, p = 0.401 [1-tailed]) or between stores that used the RMV training (6.3% [4.0%]) or not (12.0% [5.7%], F = 0.91, p = 0.343 [2-tailed]). In 11 visits, store personnel commented on the buyers’ behavior, or expressed concern/suspicion about buyers, but sold to them anyway. Conclusions Training in responsible sales practices alone did not appear to reduce sales to apparently alcohol-intoxicated customers. Legal deterrence from making these sales may be insufficient or nonexistent for store management to support adherence to this responsible sales practice. Regulatory and policy actions may be needed to increase perceived risk with such sales (i.e., clear policy and swift, severe, and certain penalties) to achieve training's benefits. |
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