Societal images of Cannabis use: comparing three countries

BACKGROUND: Differences in beliefs about Cannabis were compared between Canada, Sweden and Finland using nationally representative population surveys containing similar items. FINDINGS: Compared to Finnish and Swedish respondents, Canadians were both more likely to have tried Cannabis and to view Ca...

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Autores principales: Cunningham, John A, Blomqvist, Jan, Koski-Jännes, Anja, Raitasalo, Kirsimarja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22709959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-9-21
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author Cunningham, John A
Blomqvist, Jan
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description BACKGROUND: Differences in beliefs about Cannabis were compared between Canada, Sweden and Finland using nationally representative population surveys containing similar items. FINDINGS: Compared to Finnish and Swedish respondents, Canadians were both more likely to have tried Cannabis and to view Cannabis as a less serious problem for society. CONCLUSIONS: These findings emphasize the extent to which views about Cannabis can vary. It is possible that views about Cannabis are, at least in part, a social construction influenced by media, social policy and exposure to the drug that varies from country to country.
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spelling pubmed-34049182012-07-26 Societal images of Cannabis use: comparing three countries Cunningham, John A Blomqvist, Jan Koski-Jännes, Anja Raitasalo, Kirsimarja Harm Reduct J Brief Report BACKGROUND: Differences in beliefs about Cannabis were compared between Canada, Sweden and Finland using nationally representative population surveys containing similar items. FINDINGS: Compared to Finnish and Swedish respondents, Canadians were both more likely to have tried Cannabis and to view Cannabis as a less serious problem for society. CONCLUSIONS: These findings emphasize the extent to which views about Cannabis can vary. It is possible that views about Cannabis are, at least in part, a social construction influenced by media, social policy and exposure to the drug that varies from country to country. BioMed Central 2012-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3404918/ /pubmed/22709959 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-9-21 Text en Copyright ©2012 Cunningham et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404918/
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