Weinstein R M
Int J Addict. 1978 Aug;13(6):887-910. doi: 10.3109/10826087809039311.
The present report is a comparative analysis of data from different studies on the motives avowed for the use and nonuse of marijuana. Qualitative data on the reasons given by users and nonusers for their behavior were first described and categorized according to 21 verbal patterns. Then these categories were utilized to analyze quantitative data by various investigators, i.e., were the means to compare the frequencies with which each kind of motive was verbalized. The results indicated that knowledge-ableness is by far the most frequently expressed motive for the initial use of marijuana. Continued use, however, is largely explained either on the grounds of self-fulfillment or with an appeal to psychological drives. Habitual users in different studies mentioned almost all categories of reasons for smoking more often than did occasional users. Explanations for the two types of nonuse were also quite dissimilar. For the discontinued use of pot, lack of interest is claimed as the chief motivation; but for never use, appeals to illegality, injury, drug addiction, and morality are asserted more frequently. Several conclusions based on these findings are drawn.
本报告是对不同研究中关于使用和不使用大麻的宣称动机的数据进行的比较分析。首先，根据21种语言模式对使用者和非使用者给出的行为原因的定性数据进行了描述和分类。然后，这些类别被用于分析不同研究者的定量数据，即用于比较每种动机被表达的频率的手段。结果表明，了解情况是迄今为止初次使用大麻最常表达的动机。然而，持续使用在很大程度上要么是基于自我实现的理由，要么是诉诸心理驱力。不同研究中的习惯性使用者提及几乎所有类别的吸烟原因的频率都高于偶尔使用者。对两种不使用类型的解释也截然不同。对于停止使用大麻，缺乏兴趣被认为是主要动机；但对于从不使用，诉诸非法性、伤害、药物成瘾和道德的情况更频繁地被提及。基于这些发现得出了几个结论。
