Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Health, Developmental, and Personality Section, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2023 Jan;84(1):51-57. doi: 10.15288/jsad.21-00305.
The purpose of this study was to examine attitudes toward legalization of cannabis use and openness to legal use among Norwegian partygoers.
We examined a combined sample ( = 4,790; 46.2% female) of young partygoers ( age = 23.7, = 7.3) from three Norwegian studies on substance use in various settings: music festivals ( = 1,312), nightlife ( = 2,005), and high school graduation ( = 1,473). Through onsite surveys, the participants were asked if they thought cannabis use should be legal in Norway and whether they themselves would use the drug if legalized. These responses () were examined in relation to participants' characteristics and cannabis use history using summary statistics and multinomial regression models.
Although 46.1% of participants reported having used cannabis at least once, only 1/3 (32.6%) favored legalization and 1/4 (25.6%) stated they would themselves use cannabis if legalized. Yet, even among never-users, we observed non-opposition to legalization (16.4% in favor; 14.9% don't know) and openness to legal use (8.2% would use; 12.4% don't know). Histories of cannabis, tobacco, or any other drug use, sex (male), and age younger than 21 years (vs. 30 or older) were consistently associated with affirmative responses to both questions. Openness to legal use was strongly associated with favorable legalization attitudes and age younger than 21, even after accounting for lifetime cannabis use history.
Favoring cannabis legalization and openness to legal use were relatively low in this sample of young Norwegian partygoers. Yet, prevalence of cannabis use may increase after legalization among its supporters and among those younger than 21, especially if "don't know" responses are considered.
本研究旨在考察挪威派对参与者对大麻使用合法化和开放使用的态度。
我们对三项不同环境下的挪威物质使用研究（音乐节、夜生活和高中毕业）中年轻派对参与者（年龄=23.7，SD=7.3）的合并样本（n=4790，46.2%为女性）进行了考察。通过现场调查，要求参与者回答他们是否认为在挪威大麻使用应该合法化，以及如果合法化他们自己是否会使用该药物。使用汇总统计和多项回归模型，根据参与者的特征和大麻使用史来检查这些回答（）。
尽管 46.1%的参与者报告至少使用过一次大麻，但只有 1/3（32.6%）赞成合法化，1/4（25.6%）表示如果合法化他们自己会使用大麻。然而，即使在从未使用者中，我们也观察到对合法化的非反对态度（16.4%赞成；14.9%不知道）和对合法使用的开放态度（8.2%会使用；12.4%不知道）。大麻、烟草或任何其他药物使用史、性别（男性）和年龄小于 21 岁（vs. 30 岁或以上）与对两个问题的肯定回答始终相关。对合法使用的开放态度与赞成合法化的态度以及年龄小于 21 岁密切相关，即使在考虑到终生大麻使用史后也是如此。
在这个挪威年轻派对参与者的样本中，赞成大麻合法化和开放使用的比例相对较低。然而，合法化后，其支持者和年龄小于 21 岁的人，特别是如果考虑到“不知道”的回答，大麻使用的流行率可能会增加。
