Satterlund Travis D, Lee Juliet P, Moore Roland S
a Research Analyst, Center for Program Design and Evaluation , Dartmouth College , Lebanon , NH.
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2015 Jan-Mar;47(1):10-7. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2014.991858.
The enactment of California's Proposition 215 stipulates that patients may use marijuana for medical reasons, provided that it is recommended by a physician. Yet, medical marijuana patients risk being stigmatized for this practice. This article examines the way in which medical marijuana patients perceive and process stigma, and how it affects their interactions and experiences with others. Eighteen semi-structured interviews of medical marijuana patients were carried out using a semi-structured interview guide. Most patients circumvented their own physicians in obtaining a recommendation to use medicinal marijuana, and also used a host of strategies in order to justify their medical marijuana use to family, friends, and colleagues in order to stave off potential stigma. The stigmatization of medical marijuana thus has a profound effect on how patients seek treatment, and whether they seek medical marijuana treatment at all.
加利福尼亚州第215号提案的颁布规定,患者出于医疗原因可以使用大麻,前提是有医生的推荐。然而,医用大麻患者却面临因这种行为而被污名化的风险。本文探讨了医用大麻患者感知和处理污名的方式,以及这种污名如何影响他们与他人的互动和经历。使用半结构化访谈指南对18名医用大麻患者进行了半结构化访谈。大多数患者在获取使用医用大麻的推荐时绕过了自己的医生,并且还采用了一系列策略,以便向家人、朋友和同事证明他们使用医用大麻的合理性,以避免潜在的污名。因此,医用大麻的污名化对患者寻求治疗的方式以及他们是否寻求医用大麻治疗有着深远的影响。