Table 2.
Attitudes toward cannabis in adult athletes by cluster membership. [Data as N (%)]
| Attitude question | Response | Conservative (n = 374) | Unsure (n = 533) | Liberal (n = 254) |
| Do you think marijuana is addictive?± | Yes | 228 (61) | 125 (23.5) | 0 (0) |
| No | 43 (11.5) | 221 (41.5) | 254 (100) | |
| Unsure | 103 (27.5) | 187 (35.1) | 0 (0) | |
| Do you think marijuana is damaging to the brain? ± | Yes | 285 (76.2) | 131 (24.6) | 0 (0) |
| No | 17 (4.5) | 112 (21) | 254 (100) | |
| Unsure | 72 (19.3) | 290 (54.4) | 0 (0) | |
| Do you think consuming edible marijuana is safer than smoking it? ± | Yes | 100 (26.7) | 324 (60.8) | 150 (59.1) |
| No | 137 (36.6) | 62 (11.6) | 56 (22.0) | |
| Unsure | 137 (36.6) | 147 (27.6) | 48 (18.9) | |
| Do you think marijuana is less harmful to your health than alcohol? ± | Yes | 38 (10.2) | 373 (70) | 235 (92.5) |
| No | 198 (52.9) | 12 (2.3) | 9 (3.5) | |
| Unsure | 138 (36.9) | 148 (27.8) | 10 (3.9) | |
| Do you think marijuana is less harmful to your health than tobacco? ± | Yes | 77 (20.6) | 452 (84.8) | 240 (94.5) |
| No | 179 (47.9) | 8 (1.5) | 8 (3.1) | |
| Unsure | 118 (31.6) | 73 (13.7) | 6 (2.4) | |
| Do you think legalizing marijuana makes it seem safer? ± | Yes | 176 (47.1) | 400 (75) | 202 (79.5) |
| No | 142 (38) | 82 (15.4) | 39 (15.4) | |
| Unsure | 56 (15.0) | 51 (9.6) | 13 (5.1) | |
| Do you think marijuana can be beneficial for people with certain medical conditions? ± | Yes | 297 (79.4) | 524 (98.3) | 254 (100) |
| No | 18 (4.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Unsure | 59 (15.8) | 9 (1.7) | 0 (0) | |
| Do you think legalizing marijuana makes it more socially acceptable? ± | Yes | 255 (68.2) | 487 (91.4) | 246 (96.9) |
| No | 81 (21.7) | 23 (4.3) | 5 (2.0) | |
| Unsure | 38 (10.2) | 23 (4.3) | 3 (1.2) | |
| Do you support the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes? ± | Yes | 265 (70.9) | 529 (99.2) | 254 (100) |
| No | 46 (12.3) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | |
| Unsure | 63 (16.8) | 3 (0.6) | 0 (0) | |
| Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? ± | Yes | 64 (17.1) | 388 (72.8) | 249 (98) |
| No | 248 (66.3) | 45 (8.4) | 4 (1.6) | |
| Unsure | 62 (16.6) | 100 (18.8) | 1 (0.4) | |
| Do you think athletes who use marijuana are doping? ± | Yes | 181 (48.4) | 47 (8.8) | 5 (2) |
| No | 103 (27.5) | 383 (71.9) | 231 (90.9) | |
| Unsure | 90 (24.1) | 103 (19.3) | 18 (7.1) | |
| Comparisons of Column Proportionsb | ||||
| TwoStep Cluster Number | ||||
| Conservative | Unsure | Liberal | ||
| (A) | (B) | (C) | ||
| Do you think marijuana is addictive? | Yes | B | .a | |
| No | A | .a | ||
| Unsure | A | .a | ||
| Do you think marijuana is damaging to the brain? | Yes | B | .a | |
| No | A | .a | ||
| Unsure | A | .a | ||
| Do you think consuming edible marijuana is safer than smoking it? | Yes | A | A | |
| No | B C | B | ||
| Unsure | B C | C | ||
| Do you think marijuana is less harmful to your health than alcohol? | Yes | A | A B | |
| No | B C | |||
| Unsure | B C | C | ||
| Do you think marijuana is less harmful to your health than tobacco? | Yes | A | A B | |
| No | B C | |||
| Unsure | B C | C | ||
| Do you think legalizing marijuana makes it seem safer? | Yes | A | A | |
| No | B C | |||
| Unsure | B C | |||
| Do you think marijuana can be beneficial for people with certain medical conditions? | Yes | A | .a | |
| No | .a | .a | ||
| Unsure | B | .a | ||
| Do you think legalizing marijuana makes it more socially acceptable? | Yes | A | A B | |
| No | B C | |||
| Unsure | B C | |||
| Do you support the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes? | Yes | A | .a | |
| No | B | .a | ||
| Unsure | B | .a | ||
| Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? | Yes | A | A B | |
| No | B C | C | ||
| Unsure | C | C | ||
| Do you think athletes who use marijuana are doping? | Yes | B C | C | |
| No | A | A B | ||
| Unsure | C | C | ||
Results are based on two-sided tests. For each significant pair, the key of the category with the smaller column proportion appears in the category with the larger column proportion
Significance level for upper case letters (A, B, C): .05
a. This category is not used in comparisons because its column proportion is equal to zero or one
b. Tests are adjusted for all pairwise comparisons within a row of each innermost sub-table using the Bonferroni correction
Chi-square p-values: ±p < 0.001