Table 3.
Attitudinal factors associated with physicians beliefs, concerns, and perceived knowledge regarding Ohio’s medical marijuana program
| Likely To Recommend n = 314 |
Intention To Be Certified n = 314 |
Opinion toward Ohio’s Program n = 274 |
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| Beliefs About Medical Marijuana Strongly Agree-Strongly Disagree | OR | CI 2.5%/97.5% | OR | CI 2.5%/97.5% | OR | CI 2.5%/97.5% |
| Medical marijuana should be legal | .43 | .26 / .67 *** | .32 | .12 / .72 * | .42 | .28/ .63*** |
| Medical marijuana is safe when used responsibly | .90 | .56 / 1.44 | .84 | .34 / 1.87 | .82 | .56/ 1.20 |
| Marijuana has medicinal uses | .48 | .28 / .78 ** | .99 | .45 / 2.04 | 1.05 | .71/ 1.54 |
| Medical marijuana will increase crime rates | 1.19 | .81 / 1.74 | 1.56 | .86 / 3.04 | 1.25 | .90/ 1.75 |
| Medical marijuana will hurt the war on drugs | 1.13 | .80 / 1.59 | .67 | .41 / 1.17 | 1.26 | .93/ 1.70 |
| Those supporting medical marijuana are primarily interested in recreational use | 1.12 | .87 / 1.45 | .99 | .70 / 1.40 | .96 | .75/ 1.23 |
| Marijuana is harmful to people | 1.26 | .93 / 1.71 | 1.27 | .86 / 1.90 | 1.50 | 1.12/ 2.00** |
| AIC = 410.74** | AIC = 197.65*** | AIC = 441.86*** | ||||
| Concerns About MarijuanaNot Concerned To Extremely Concerned | ||||||
| Safety | .72 | .48 / 1.08 | .44 | .24 / .80 ** | .61 | .42/ .90** |
| Consistency of quality | 1.48 | 1.08 / 2.04 * | 1.59 | 1.04 / 2.46 * | 1.46 | 1.07/ 2.00* |
| Concern about the federal law | 1.04 | .78 / 1.38 | 1.17 | .79 / 1.74 | 1.31 | 1.00/ 1.71* |
| Concern about psychoactive effect | .52 | .35 / .79 ** | .82 | .46 / 1.44 | .60 | .40/ .88** |
| Limited evidence of therapeutic benefits | .39 | .28 / .53 *** | .44 | .27 / .69 *** | .50 | .37/ .67*** |
| Potential addiction to marijuana | .88 | .61 / 1.26 | 1.08 | .63 / 1.88 | .57 | .40/ .80*** |
| AIC = 480.69*** | AIC = 216.45*** | AIC = 490.76*** | ||||
| Perceived Knowledge About Medical MarijuanaStrongly Agree-Strongly Disagree | ||||||
| Knowledgeable about medical marijuana | .83 | .61 / 1.12 | .58 | .32 / .99 | .89 | .67/ 1.18 |
| Answering patient questions about efficacy | 1.07 | .75 / 1.52 | .57 | .30 / 1.08 | 1.25 | .90/ 1.74 |
| Answering patient questions about safety | .93 | .69 / 1.26 | 1.25 | .68 / 2.31 | .88 | .66/ 1.17 |
| Answering patient questions about drug interactions | .89 | .70 / 1.12 | 1.08 | .76 / 1.50 | .96 | .77/ 1.21 |
| AIC = 626.01 | AIC = 237.47*** | AIC = 667.00 | ||||
P-Value * < = .05 P-Value ** < = .01 P-Value *** < = .001
OR = odds ratios, 95% CI = confidence interval, AIC = Akaike’s information criterion obtained from ordinal and logistic regressions