. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Prim Prev. 2016 Jun;37(3):303–309. doi: 10.1007/s10935-016-0432-9

Table 2.

Teens’ perceptions of pros and cons of edibles

Pro Edible Use	Con Edible Use
- No smell, no smoke (4)	- Do not know what is in homemade edibles (2)
- Smoking is unattractive for girls (2)	- Could be spiked with something else (2)
- Lower risk of getting caught at school (4)	- Homemade edibles can taste bad (2)
- Lower risk of lip cancer (1)	- Do not know the dosage of edibles (especially homemade) (4)
	- Can kill you (3)
	- High can be very intense and long lasting (4)
	- Could pass out and get raped (1)

Note: in parentheses is the number of focus groups where each theme was mentioned