Attitudes toward medicinal marijuana in metropolitan Monterrey, Mexico

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Enrique Soto-Pérez de Celis, M en C Med,(1)
José Abraham Baez-Bagattela, M en C,(2)
Ernesto Lira-Huerta, Ing en Sist,(2)
Alejandro Herrera de la Luz, M en C,(2)
Socorro Parra-Cabrera, DC Epi,(3)
Felipe Orihuela-Espina, D en C Com,(4)
María de la Concepción Pérez de Celis-Herrero,
D en C Com.(2)
maria.perezdecelis@correo.buap.mx
(1) Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición
Salvador Zubirán. Ciudad de México, México.
(2) Benemérita Universidad Autónoma
de Puebla. Puebla, México.
(3) Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública.
Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
(4) Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica
y Electrónica. Puebla, México.
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Attitudes toward medicinal
marijuana in metropolitan
Monterrey, Mexico
Dear editor: Due to the great contro-
versies about the subject, the objec-
tive was to know the public opinion
about the legalization of the medici-
nal (MM) and recreational marijuana
RM. For that, a survey was applied in
the metropolitan area of Monterrey,
Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Individuals
were randomly selected from June
to July 2016 and verbal consent was
obtained. The instrument was com-
posed of three sections and has been
previously described.1 Responses
were trichotomized: agreed (levels 1
and 2), neither agreed - nor disagreed
(level 3) and disagreed (levels 4 and
5) and the results were expressed as
percentages. Differences between

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groups were analyzed with a Chi-
square test and association with a
Spearman correlation.
202 individuals were surveyed,
the average age was 35 years, 61%
were females, 3.4% had elementary,
4.4% secondary, 26.6% high-school,
49.8% bachelor and 15.8% post-
graduate level of education. Overall,
66.5% agree with legalization of MM,
78.6% consider that it is safe when
consumed responsibly and 39.8% con-
sider that legalization will increase
rates of delinquency. The latter was
different according to the level of
education. The 39.8% consider that
legalization will undermine efforts
against drugs and 23.4% consider
that people that support legalization
of MM are consumers of drugs. There
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of education (table I). A positive as-
sociation was found between those
who self-reported having received
formal education about MM and the
opinion about the acceptance of legal-
ization and the safety in its use (table
II). On the other hand, 25.8% support
legalization of RM, 44.3% consider
that it is safe when used responsibly
and 41.3% consider that its legaliza-
tion for any use will increase rates of
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difference by level of education in
those that consider that RM is safe
when it used responsibly. A negative
association was found between the
level of education and the opinion
about safety in its use; and also a
negative association between the age
and “support for legalization” and
“the safety in the use of RM”. 49.1%
reported having received formal edu-
cation regarding MM or RM, 44.8%
know some person that uses mari-
juana to treat some illness and 35.2%
know some person that consumes
RM. A negative association was found
between the educational level and
the opinion: “those who support the
legalization are likely drug users”.
Support for legalization of MM
is similar to a previous study in
Mexico (64%),2 lower than in Israel
(78%) and higher than in Norway
(53%).3 Our results show that few
individuals support legalization
of RM (25%), which is higher than
a previous study in Mexico (10%)2
but much lower than a recent study
in USA.4 The major public support
Table I
ATTITUDES TOWARD MEDICINAL AND RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
IN METROPOLITAN AREA OF MONTERREY, NUEVO LEÓN, MÉXICO, 2016
Attitude Total
(%)
Gender (%) Level of study (%)
Male Female Basic College
Medicinal marijuana (MM)
In my opinion the use of MM should be legal
Agreed 66.5 73.68 63.71 62.9 70
Neither agreed-nor disagreed 16.3 10.53 18.55 17.1 14.6
Disagreed 17.2 15.79 17.74 20.0 15.4
X2 (p value) 2.34 (p=0.13) 1.10 (p=0.29)
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Agreed 78.6 80.52 78.23 78.9 78.3
Neither agreed-nor disagreed 13.4 11.69 14.51 11.1 15.5
Disagreed 8.0 7.79 7.26 10.9 6.5
X2 (p value) 0.28(p=0.60) 0.3 (p=0.86)
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Agreed 39.8 36.36 41.94 44.3 37.4
Neither agreed-nor disagreed 25.9 27.28 25.00 32.8 22.1
Disagreed 33.8 36.36 33.06 22.9 40.5
X2 (p value) 0.76(p=0.38) 6.69 (p=0.04)
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Agreed 39.8 38.96 40.32 45.7 36.6
Neither agreed-nor disagreed 27.4 29.87 25.81 31.4 25.2
Disagreed 32.8 31.17 33.87 22.9 38.2
X2 (p value) 0.02(p=0.89) 3.00 (p=0.08)
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Agreed 23.4 24.68 22.58 32.9 18.3
Neither agreed-nor disagreed 21.9 24.67 20.16 27.1 19.1
Disagreed 54.7 50.65 57.26 40.1 62.6
X2 (p value) 0.11(p=0.74) 5.92 (p=0.02)
Recreational marijuana (RM)
In my opinion the use of recreational of RM should be legal
Agreed 25.9 29.87 23.39 27.1 25.2
Neither agreed-nor disagreed 24.9 18.18 29.03 24.3 25.2
Disagreed 49.2 51.95 47.58 48.6 49.6
X2 (p value) 1.26(p=0.26) 0.10 (p=0.75)
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Agreed 44.3 48.05 41.94 55.7 38.2
Neither agreed-nor disagreed 19.4 18.18 20.16 17.1 20.6
Disagreed 36.3 37.77 37.90 27.1 41.2
X2 (p value) 0.73(p=0.39) 6.50 (p=0.01)
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Agreed 41.3 41.56 41.13 42.9 40.5
Neither agreed-nor disagreed 26.4 28.67 25.00 28.6 25.2
Disagreed 32.3 29.87 33.87 28.6 34.4
X2 (p value) 0.02(p=0.89) 0.80 (p=0.77)
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for legalization of MM versus RM
in Mexico is consistent with other
Latin-American countries.5
The positive association between
“to have received formal education
about marijuana” with “support for
legalization of MM” and with “safety
when used responsibly” highlight the
importance and the need of education
about MM and RM.
María del Rosario González-González, PhD,(1)
Myrna Laura Yeverino-Gutiérrez, PhD,(1)
Omar González-Santiago, PhD.(1)
omar.gonzalezst@uanl.edu.mx
(1) Facultad de Ciencias Químicas,
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
https://doi.org/10.21149/8605
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ATTITUDES TO MEDICINAL AND RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
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education MM
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Medicinal marijuana
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