Randomized Trial Testing an Online Responsible Vendor Training in Recreational Marijuana Stores in the United States
| Autor: | Sierra Svendsen, David B. Buller, Andrew Grayson, W. Gill Woodall, Mary Klein Buller, Gary Cutter, Xia Liu, Robert F. Saltz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male Washington medicine.medical_specialty Colorado Health (social science) Vendor MEDLINE Policy Studies ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING Toxicology law.invention Young Adult Randomized controlled trial law Humans Medicine Young adult Recreation health care economics and organizations Cannabis biology business.industry Extramural Commerce biology.organism_classification United States Psychiatry and Mental health Family medicine Female business |
| Zdroj: | J Stud Alcohol Drugs |
| ISSN: | 1938-4114 1937-1888 |
| DOI: | 10.15288/jsad.2021.82.204 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: An online training in responsible marijuana vendor (RMV) practices was evaluated for effects on compliance with ID checking regulations. METHOD: A random sample of state-licensed recreational marijuana stores (n = 175) in Colorado and Washington State was selected in 2016–2017 and was enrolled in a randomized pretest-posttest controlled design. After baseline assessment, 75 stores were randomly assigned to a usual and customary training control group, stratified by state and region. The remaining stores (n = 100) were invited to use the RMV training. Stores were posttested at 3 and 9 months postrandomization. The primary outcome was refusal of sale measured with pseudo-underage patrons who attempted to enter stores and purchase cannabis without a state-approved ID. RESULTS: There was no difference by treatment group in refusal of pseudo-underage patron buyers (baseline: 92.5% intervention vs. 94.7% control; 3-month post-test 94.8% vs. 97.5%; 9-month posttest 97.5% vs. 97.1%, p = .286 [one tailed, adjusted for covariates]). The use of training increased refusals at store entry (trained: 65.9% baseline 82.5%, 3 months 79.9%, 9 months; not trained: 82.6%, 83.1%, 84.5%, p = .020 [two tailed, adjusted for covariates]). This difference was especially evident in Washington State (trained: 40.3%, 65.1%, 60.4%; not trained: 57.9%, 68.5%, 72.3%) but not in Colorado (trained: 95.2%, 101.0%, 101.4; not trained: 95.7%, 98.6%, 99.2%, p = .033 [two tailed, adjusted for covariates]). CONCLUSIONS: When used by store personnel, online RMV training increased refusal of buyers who appeared young and did not provide a state-approved ID. However, it did not improve refusal rates overall. Stores that had lower refusals at baseline and used the training may have benefited from it. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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