Table 2.

Motives for marijuana use

Motive Category	Proportion of participants endorsing motive	Proportion of primary motives
Enjoyment/fun (e.g., be happy, get high, enjoy feeling)	52.14%	24.03%
Conformity (e.g., peer pressure, friends do it)	42.81%	16.40%
Experimentation (e.g., new experience, curiosity)	41.25%	29.36%
Social enhancement (e.g., bonding with friends, hang out)	25.71%	8.66%
Boredom (e.g., something to do, nothing better to do)	25.08%	4.15%
Relaxation (e.g., to relax, helps me sleep)	24.64%	6.97%
Coping (e.g., depressed, relieve stress)	18.14%	5.10%
Availability (e.g., easy to get, it was offered)	13.74%	2.23%
Relative low risk (e.g., low health risk, no hangover)	10.88%	0.95%
Altered perception or perspectives (e.g. to enhance experiences, makes things more fun)	10.58%	1.81%
Activity enhancement (e.g., music sounds better, every day activities more interesting)	5.68%	0.80%
Rebellion (e.g., rebelling against parents, thrill of something illegal)	5.21%	0.32%
Alcohol intoxication (e.g., I was drunk)	4.42%	0.47%
Food enhancement (e.g., enjoy good food, food tastes better)	3.79%	0.00%
Anxiety reduction (e.g., be less shy, feel less insecure)	3.31%	0.00%
Image enhancement (e.g., to be cool, to feel cool)	2.85%	0.32%
Celebration (e.g., special occasion, to celebrate)	1.26%	0.16%
Medical use (e.g., alleviate physical pain, have a headache)	1.26%	0.16%
Habit (e.g., feeling was addictive, became a habit)	0.95%	0.00%

Note. N = 634.