Risk Perception of Cannabis Use Among a Sample of Thai Cannabis Users
Issued Date
2024-01-01
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eISSN
24654418
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85190283434
Journal Title
Journal of Population and Social Studies
Volume
32
Start Page
575
End Page
590
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Journal of Population and Social Studies Vol.32 (2024) , 575-590
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Lamy F.R., Paek S.C., Meemon N. Risk Perception of Cannabis Use Among a Sample of Thai Cannabis Users. Journal of Population and Social Studies Vol.32 (2024) , 575-590. 590. doi:10.25133/JPSSv322024.034 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/98038
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Risk Perception of Cannabis Use Among a Sample of Thai Cannabis Users
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Abstract
Amid the recent cannabis legalization in Thailand, this research captured and analyzed cannabis-related health risk perception among Thai cannabis users. This study used a crosssectional design with 376 Thailand-based cannabis users recruited through an anonymous online survey from July to August 2022 using the SurveyMonkey application. Descriptive analysis and ordinary least squares regression analysis were performed to describe overall respondents’ characteristics and to identify predictors of low cannabis health-risk perception. Out of 376 respondents, 24.2% perceived cannabis as not risky for health, 46% considered cannabis as low risk, 26.6% as moderate risk, 2.7% as high risk, and 0.5% as most risky. Perceived risk of using cannabis was lower among respondents who had a higher perceived benefit of using cannabis (β = -0.133), a lower education level (β = -0.342), were full-time employed (β = -0.271,) and used cannabis more than twenty days in the past month compared to their counterparts (β = -0.373). Our results suggest that using cannabis in any form and frequency is perceived as a no to low health risk consumption by Thai cannabis users, calling for additional prevention and cannabis health literacy efforts.