Table 1. Characteristics of study population (n = 412).
N* | % | ||
---|---|---|---|
Age, mean (SE) | 15.9 (0.08) | ||
Gender | Male | 152 | 38.38 |
Female | 222 | 56.06 | |
Other | 22 | 5.56 | |
Ethnicity | First Nations | 20 | 5.06 |
Canadian | 159 | 40.25 | |
Other | 216 | 54.68 | |
Cannabis use | Yes | 105 | 25.49 |
No | 307 | 74.51 | |
Suicide ideation | Yes | 95 | 23.06 |
No | 317 | 76.94 | |
Alcohol use | Yes | 250 | 61.27 |
No | 158 | 38.73 | |
Tobacco use | Yes | 89 | 21.65 |
No | 322 | 78.35 | |
Other drugs use | Yes | 30 | 7.32 |
No | 380 | 92.68 | |
Grade | 9 | 114 | 28.57 |
10 | 83 | 20.8 | |
11 | 58 | 14.54 | |
12 | 144 | 36.09 | |
Parental education | Less or equal than secondary/high school | 101 | 27.45 |
Some post-secondary (university or college) or more | 267 | 72.55 | |
Age first used marijuana or Cannabis? (mean, SE) | 100 | 14.01 (0.18) | |
Frequency of using marijuana or Cannabis (a joint, pot, weed, hash) in the last 30 days | Once | 19 | 18.63 |
2–3 times | 8 | 7.84 | |
Once a week | 4 | 3.92 | |
2–3 times a week | 6 | 5.88 | |
4–6 times a week | 6 | 5.88 | |
Every day | 16 | 15.69 | |
I did not use marijuana in the last 30 days | 43 | 42.16 | |
Perceptions of getting access to marijuana | Difficult | 41 | 10.46 |
Easy | 214 | 54.59 | |
I do not know | 137 | 34.95 | |
Perceptions of the legalization of recreational marijuana | Agree | 145 | 37.18 |
Disagree | 123 | 31.54 | |
I do not know | 122 | 31.28 |