Attitudes Toward Medical Cannabis Legalization Among Serbian Medical Students

Autor:	Aleksandra Nikolic, Isidora S. Vujcic, Eleonora Dubljanin, Aleksandar Pavlović, Sandra Šipetić-Grujičić, Jadranka Maksimovic
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Students Medical Alcohol Drinking Attitude of Health Personnel 030508 substance abuse Medicine (miscellaneous) Marijuana Smoking Recreational use Medical Marijuana 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry Legalization biology business.industry Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health biology.organism_classification language.human_language 3. Good health Psychiatry and Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies Medical cannabis language Female Cannabis 0305 other medical science business Serbian Alcohol consumption Serbia
Zdroj:	Substance usemisuse. 52(9)
ISSN:	1532-2491
Popis:	Currently, medical cannabis polices are experiencing rapid changes, and an increasing number of nations around the world legalize medical cannabis for certain groups of patients, including those in Serbia.To determine medical students' attitudes toward medical cannabis legalization and to examine the factors influencing their attitudes.Fourth-year medical students at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, had participated in a cross-sectional study. Data were collected by an anonymous questionnaire.Overall, 63.4% students supported medical cannabis legalization, and only 20.8% supported its legalization for recreational use. Students who previously used marijuana (p.001) and alcohol (p =.004) were significantly more in favor of medical cannabis legalization compared with students who never used them. Support for marijuana recreational use was also related to prior marijuana (p.001) and alcohol consumption (p =.006). Only cancer (90.4%) and chronic pain (74.2%) were correctly reported approved medical indications by more than half the students. Students who supported medical cannabis legalization showed better knowledge about indications, in contrast to opponents for legalization who showed better knowledge about side effects. Beliefs that using medical cannabis is safe and has health benefits were correlated with support for legalization, and previous marijuana and alcohol use, while beliefs that medical cannabis poses health risks correlated most strongly with previous marijuana use. Conclusions/Importance: The medical students' attitudes toward medical cannabis legalization were significantly correlated with previous use of marijuana and alcohol, knowledge about medical indications and side effects, and their beliefs regarding medical cannabis health benefits and risks.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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