Table 2.
Properties of Six Subscales Related to Marijuana Beliefs of Medical Students
| Subscale | M (SD) | |||
| Support for legal reform (α = 0.859) | 12.7 (4.2) | Item/total r | % Agree | |
| Items | The FDA should reclassify marijuana so that it is no longer a Schedule I drug/substance. | 4.4 (1.6) | 0.87 | 72.5 |
| Marijuana should be legalized for recreational use. | 3.9 (1.6) | 0.90 | 64.4 | |
| Federal and state governments should abolish criminal penalties relating to consumption or possession of cannabis. | 4.4 (1.5) | 0.87 | 74.9 | |
| Subscale | M (SD) | |||
| Belief that marijuana has medical benefits (α = 0.898) | 16.3 (5.5) | Item/total r | % Agree | |
| Items | If marijuana were legally available, I would recommend the use of marijuana to a patient. | 3.2 (1.3) | 0.90 | 85.7 |
| Under current law and practice guidelines, I would recommend the use of marijuana to a patient. | 2.7 (1.3) | 0.85 | 86.8 | |
| There are significant physical health benefits to using marijuana. | 3.4 (1.3) | 0.83 | 65.5 | |
| There are significant mental health benefits to using marijuana. | 2.9 (1.4) | 0.82 | 36.6 | |
| Physicians should recommend marijuana as a medical therapy. | 4.2 (1.3) | 0.83 | 73.9 | |
| Subscale | M (SD) | |||
| Belief that marijuana has medical risks (α = 0.790) | 13.0 (2.9) | Item/total r | % Agree | |
| Items | Using marijuana poses serious physical health risks. | 3.9 (1.2) | 0.76 | 68.4 |
| Using marijuana poses serious mental health risks. | 4.3 (1.2) | 0.87 | 77.0 | |
| Marijuana can be addictive. | 4.8 (1.0) | 0.88 | 88.1 | |
| Subscale | M (SD) | |||
| Support MMJ training and research (α = 0.813) | 20.2 (3.3) | Item/Total r | % agree | |
| Items | Training about medical marijuana should be incorporated into medical school curricula. | 4.7 (1.1) | 0.90 | 91.1 |
| Training about medical marijuana should be incorporated into residency curricula. | 4.6 (1.1) | 0.90 | 88.6 | |
| Physicians should have formal training about medical marijuana prior to recommending it to patients. | 5.5 (0.87) | 0.70 | 97.5 | |
| Additional research regarding medical use of marijuana should be encouraged. | 5.4 (0.91) | 0.75 | 96.6 | |
| Subscale | M (SD) | |||
| Support adverse consequences for physicians who recommend MMJ (α = 0.909) | 4.2 (2.0) | Item/total r | % Agree | |
| Items | A physician who recommends medical marijuana to a patient should be subject to legal and/or criminal penalties. | 1.9 (1.0) | 0.95 | 6.4 |
| A physician who recommends medical marijuana to a patient should be subject to action against his/her medical license. | 2.2 (1.1) | 0.96 | 11.9 | |