Table 4.

Stepwise selected 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
	OR	CI 2.5%/97.5%	OR	CI 2.5%/97.5%	OR	CI 2.5%/97.5%
Medical marijuana should be legal	.37	.24 / .54 ***
Marijuana has medicinal uses	.48	.29 / .78 **
Medical marijuana will hurt the war on drugs	1.25	.93 / 1.69
Those supporting medical marijuana are primarily interested in recreational use	1.25	.96 / 1.61
Knowledgeable about medical marijuana	.77	.56 / 1.05
Answering patient questions about drug interactions	.73	.54 / .98 *
	AIC = 379.32**
Medical marijuana should be legal			.21	.10 / .38 ***
Concern about safety			.50	.25 / .95 *
Concern about consistency of quality			1.48	.94 / 2.39
Concern about potential addiction to marijuana			2.01	1.12 / 3.80 *
Knowledgeable about medical marijuana			.32	.14 / .66 **
Answering patient questions about efficacy			.41	.17 / .90 *
Answering patient questions about safety			2.41	1.08 / 6.09 *
			AIC = 157.5***
Medical marijuana should be legal					.39	.30/ .51***
Medical marijuana will hurt the war on drugs					1.43	1.10/ 1.85**
Concern about safety					.67	.46/ .95*
Concern about the federal law					1.38	1.04/ 1.83*
Potential addiction to marijuana					.64	.45/ .90**
					AIC = 414.26**

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 utilizing stepwise deletion