Table 1.

Bivariate associations between cannabis policy attitudes and cannabis harm perceptions, current substance use, and demographics among young adults

		Recreational cannabis use					Private cannabis use				Public cannabis use
	% Total n=619	% Legal n=398	% Minor n=144	% Crime n=27	% DK n=50	p	% Support n=484	% Not Sure n=74	% Oppose n=27	p	% Support n=182	% Not Sure n=197	% Oppose n=239	p
Perceived harm of cannabis						<0.01				<0.01				<0.01
Low	73.2	86.2	58.2	11.5	40.0		80.6	36.9	54.2		83.4	78.0	61.6
High	26.8	13.8	41.8	88.5	60.0		19.4	63.1	45.8		16.6	22.0	38.4
Cannabis use						<0.01				<0.01				<0.01
Non-current	49.7	39.7	57.6	92.3	84.0		44.2	75.7	62.3		41.2	41.1	63.4
Current	50.3	60.3	42.4	7.7	16.0		55.8	24.3	37.7		58.8	58.9	36.6
Alcohol use						0.22				0.36				0.48
Non-current	15.6	14.4	15.1	29.4	22.2		14.6	19.3	20.8		14.8	13.8	18.0
Current	84.4	85.6	84.9	70.6	77.8		85.4	80.7	79.2		85.2	86.2	82.0
Cigarette use						0.03				0.20				0.04
Non-current	80.6	77.1	86.1	85.2	90.0		79.1	86.5	85.5		77.5	77.7	85.8
Current	19.4	22.9	13.9	14.8	10.0		20.9	13.5	14.5		22.5	22.3	14.2
Age						0.35				0.23				0.21
18	51.9	53.3	47.9	40.7	58.0		53.3	50.0	41.9		57.1	48.2	51.0
19 or older	48.1	46.7	52.1	59.3	42.0		46.7	50.0	58.1		42.9	51.8	49.0
Gender						0.04				0.28				0.35
Male	26.5	29.6	17.4	29.6	26.0		27.6	18.9	25.8		28.7	28.1	23.1
Female	73.5	70.4	82.6	70.4	74.0		72.4	81.1	74.2		71.3	71.9	76.9
Race/ethnicity						0.01				<0.01				0.78
White	45.2	49.1	42.3	37.1	28.0		48.4	27.0	42.0		44.2	46.7	45.2
Black	25.7	25.0	25.0	33.3	28.0		25.1	27.0	29.0		29.3	23.4	25.1
Asian	12.9	9.8	15.3	14.8	30.0		10.8	25.7	14.5		9.9	13.7	14.2
Hispanic/Other	16.2	16.1	17.4	14.8	14.0		15.7	20.3	14.5		16.6	16.2	15.5
Grades						0.33				0.52				0.02
Mostly A’s	31.4	31.1	30.1	48.0	28.6		30.3	33.3	37.3		24.7	30.4	37.6
Mostly B’s or lower	68.6	68.9	69.9	52.0	71.4		69.7	66.7	62.7		75.3	69.6	62.4

Note: DK=don’t know; bolded p indicate statistical significance less than 0.05 using Pearson’s Chi-square test.