Legalized marijuana: Language-associated knowledge of laws and risk perceptions among Latinos.
J Ethn Subst Abuse
; 18(3): 415-427, 2019.
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| ID: mdl-29261477
ABSTRACT
This study examines the extent to which knowledge of recreational marijuana laws, health effects, and perceptions of risk for marijuana use differ between Spanish- and English-speaking Latino survey respondents from a registry of Colorado adults. Spanish-speaking Latino respondents (n = 47) had less accurate knowledge of laws permitting use of marijuana than English-speaking Latino respondents (n = 154), while reporting greater agreement with negative health effects and higher perception of risk associated with marijuana use. The results suggest that efforts to communicate health and informational messaging to the public about legalized marijuana should consider linguistic variations when tailoring campaigns for Latino audiences.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Hispánicos o Latinos
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Uso de la Marihuana
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Lenguaje
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Año:
2019
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Article