'I Feel Validated': Participation in a Medical Cannabis Program in the Context of Legalized Recreational Use
| العنوان: | 'I Feel Validated': Participation in a Medical Cannabis Program in the Context of Legalized Recreational Use |
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| المؤلفون: | Saranya Khurana, Ekaterina V. Fedorova, Harjot Kaur, Allison Mitchell, Sari Kosdon, Janna Ataiants, Bridgid Conn, Carolyn F. Wong, Stephen E. Lankenau |
| المصدر: | Journal of Drug Issues. 52:601-615 |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publications, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Psychiatry and Mental health, Health (social science), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Medicine (miscellaneous) |
| الوصف: | We examined the effects of California’s 2016 law legalizing cannabis for recreational use among young adult medical cannabis patients (MCP) and non-patient users (NPU). Three groups of young adult cannabis users ( n = 30) were qualitatively interviewed in Los Angeles between 2020-21: current MCP ( n = 3), who always had a medical cannabis recommendation, NPU ( n = 6), who never had a recommendation, and MCP-to-NPU ( n = 21), who had a recommendation in the past. MCP remained MCP due to greater acceptance of cannabis and lower prices afforded to MCP. MCP-to-NPU and NPU remained NPU due to increased acceptance of cannabis use within their community, greater legal security, and no compelling need for a medical cannabis recommendation. Price increases drove many to purchasing cannabis from unregulated black-market dispensaries. The legalization of cannabis for recreational use led to decisions to transition out of MCP status, destigmatization of cannabis use, increased prices of cannabis, and increased sourcing of cannabis from the black-market. |
| تدمد: | 1945-1369 0022-0426 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::77aaebe36bc6a52c02e04f70393f700c https://doi.org/10.1177/00220426221097924 |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........77aaebe36bc6a52c02e04f70393f700c |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19451369 00220426 |
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