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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2016 Mar;40(2):205–214. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.40.2.5

Table 3.

Odds Ratio of Responding “Strongly Agree / Agree” or “Yes” to Items that Assessed General Attitudes and Beliefs Including Social Norms on Marijuana in Participants Who Resided in States with Long-term Legalization of Medical Marijuana (≥ 10 years)a

Unadjusted
Adjustedb
N Responses % OR 95% CI p-value OR 95% CI p-value
General Attitudes & Beliefs
Medical marijuana should be legal 506 SA or A 88% 1.15 0.56-2.34 .71 1.05 0.49-2.24 .90
Marijuana for recreational use should be legal 506 SA or A 56% 1.30 0.82-2.08 .27 1.04 0.62-1.72 .89
Marijuana is affordable 506 SA or A 47% 1.16 0.73-1.84 .54 1.12 0.69-1.80 .65
It's easy to get marijuana 506 SA or A 75% 1.54 0.89-2.68 .13 1.44 0.81-2.56 .22
It's ok to smoke marijuana in the house 506 SA or A 41% 1.38 0.87-2.20 .17 1.21 0.74-1.99 .45
It's ok to smoke medical marijuana in outdoor public spaces 506 SA or A 43% 1.04 0.65-1.66 .86 0.99 0.61-1.60 .95
It's ok to smoke medical marijuana in indoor public spaces 506 SA or A 14% 0.99 0.50-1.99 .98 1.12 0.54-2.29 .76
Social Norms
Friends think it's ok (socially acceptable) for me to use marijuana 424 SA or A 38% 1.62 0.97-2.70 .06 1.31 0.76-2.26 .33
Family thinks it's ok (socially acceptable) for me to use marijuana 506 SA or A 21% 1.55 0.90-2.66 .11 1.46 0.83-2.57 .19
As far as you know, has/have...
    any of your friends ever used marijuana? 459 Yes 78% 1.74 0.89-3.42 .11 0.91 0.42-1.98 .82
    anyone you lived with ever used marijuana? 460 Yes 54% 1.65 1.00-2.73 .05 1.11 0.62-1.98 .74
    your mate, person you live with, spouse, significant other ever used marijuana 385 Yes 39% 1.26 0.73-2.17 .41 1.08 0.58-2.03 .80

*Logistic regression, p < .05

p < .10

Note.

a

Reference category = states where medical marijuana was illegal

b

Adjusted OR's accounted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, FTND score, community (ie, urban, suburban, rural), and ever use of marijuana or blunts