Rules regarding Marijuana and Its Use in Personal Residences: Findings from Marijuana Users and Nonusers Recruited through Social Media

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• Alternative Title:
  J Environ Public Health
• Personal Author:
  Berg, Carla J. ; Buller, David B. ; Schauer, Gillian L. ; Windle, Michael ; Stratton, Erin ; Kegler, Michelle C.
• Description:
  Recent changes in policy and social norms related to marijuana use have increased its use and concern about how/where marijuana should be used. We aimed to characterize rules regarding marijuana and its use in homes. We recruited 1,567 US adults aged 18-34 years through Facebook advertisements to complete an online survey assessing marijuana use, social factors, perceptions of marijuana, and rules regarding marijuana and its use in the home, targeting tobacco and marijuana users to ensure the relevance of this topic. Overall, 648 (41.6%) were current marijuana users; 46.0% of participants reported that "marijuana of any type is not allowed in their home or on their property." Of those allowing marijuana on their property, 6.4% prohibited use of marijuana in their home. Of the remainder, 29.2% prohibited smoking marijuana, and 11.0% prohibited vaping, eating, or drinking marijuana. Correlates of more restrictive rules included younger age, being female, having
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Housing Humans Male Marijuana Smoking/epidemiology Risk Assessment Self Report Social Media Socioeconomic Factors Young Adult

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• Source:
  J Environ Public Health. 2015; 2015.
• Pubmed ID:
  26576162
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4630400
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  2015
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:49ae19515ea165e9fd9ec47fd73379c2d0d4d4aed979026a8237c3685cd9830c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/35780/cdc_35780_DS1.pdf
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