Factors associated with opinions in favor of (or against) legalizing marihuana in a sample of university lecturers and students

Authors

  • Camila Aparecida Pinheiro Landim-Almeida Centro Universitário UNINOVAFAPI image/svg+xml
  • Henrique Galeno Patrício Rodrigues Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
  • Juliana Macêdo Magalhães Centro Universitário UNINOVAFAPI image/svg+xml
  • Márcia Astrês Fernandes Federal University of Piauí image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.v12i1p12-21

Keywords:

Faculty; Students; Universities; Cannabis

Abstract

The objective was to discover factors associated with opinions in favor of (or against) legalizing marihuana in a sample of university lecturers and students. This was a cross-sectional exploratory-descriptive study with a quantitative approach, of 288 undergraduate lecturers and students in Nursing and Law in a private higher education institution in Teresina, PI. The data were collected in 2014 using a self-applied questionnaire and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences program. The main results show that the majority were female, with a mean age of 25 years, single, Catholic and approximately 75% were against legalizing marihuana. It was concluded that, in Brazil, there is a lack of research on the topic of legalizing marihuana, especially concerning the views of lecturers and students in higher education.

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Published

2016-03-01

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Original Article

How to Cite

Landim-Almeida, C. A. P., Rodrigues, H. G. P., Magalhães, J. M., & Fernandes, M. A. (2016). Factors associated with opinions in favor of (or against) legalizing marihuana in a sample of university lecturers and students. SMAD Revista Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool E Drogas (Edição Em Português), 12(1), 12-21. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.v12i1p12-21