Societal images of Cannabis use: comparing three countries

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dc.contributor.authorCunningham, John A.
dc.contributor.authorBlomqvist, Jan
dc.contributor.authorKoski-Jännes, Anja
dc.contributor.authorRaitasalo, Kirsimarja
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-22T04:23:07Z
dc.date.available2015-12-22T04:23:07Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T09:58:42Z
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis project was funded by the Academy of Finland, the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR), and the Swedish Research Council. Support to CAMH for salary of scientists and infrastructure has been provided by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.en_AU
dc.identifier.issn1477-7517en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/95172
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.rights© 2012 Cunningham et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 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.
dc.sourceHarm Reduction Journal
dc.subjectCannabis
dc.subjectSocietal beliefs
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.titleSocietal images of Cannabis use: comparing three countries
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage6
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage21en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationCunningham, John, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, CMBE Research School of Population Health, National Institute for Mental Health Research, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBlomqvist, Jan, The Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD), Stockholm Universit, Swedenen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationKoski-Jannes, Anja, University of Tampere, Finlanden_AU
local.contributor.affiliationRaitasalo, Kirsimarja, National Institute of Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finlanden_AU
local.contributor.authoruidu5380249en_AU
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor111714en_AU
local.identifier.absseo920410en_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationU3488905xPUB1298en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume9en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1186/1477-7517-9-21en_AU
local.identifier.essn1477-7517en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84862243770
local.publisher.urlhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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