Indirect Harm and Positive Consequences Associated with Cannabis Use
- Abstract
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The aim of the project was to characterise patterns and consequences of cannabis use specifically in relation to work activities, academic performance, driving habits and sexual behaviour - situations in which the cannabis user may be at risk of indirect harm from their drug use. More broadly, the project also aimed to evaluate the impacts of cannabis use (positive or negative) on quality of life, and to examine whether developments in detection/law enforcement (e.g. workplace drug testing) would influence patterns of use.
- Main Topics/Subject Category
- Gender, ethnic group, educational background, qualifications, current and previous cannabis use, effects of cannabis use, motor vehicle ownership, alcohol use, other illegal drug use, general health and emotional state, economic activity, employment history, cannabis and work performance, cannabis and academic performance, cannabis and sexual behaviour.
- Variables
- http://www.data-archive.ac.[…]&class=0&from=sn#gs
- Keywords
- England, academic achievement, alcohol consumption, attitudes, cannabis, driving, drug abuse, economic activity, educational background, emotional states, employment history, ethnic groups, gender, health, illegal drugs, interpersonal relations, motor vehicles, performance, qualifications, sexual behaviour, smoking, smoking cessation, symptoms
- Identifier Variables
- N/A
- Economic/Subject Categories
- Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking
- Area of Health System
- Public health
- Data Available
- Socio-economic, Demographic
- Data collecting organization (s)
- University of Birmingham. School of Psychology
- Data Type
- Survey (cross-sectional)
- National/Regional
- National
- Coverage (date of field work)
- 2001, 2002, 2003
- Unit of Analysis
- Individual
- Sample
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Cannabis users (and a small group of self-defined 'ex-users'), including regular users (cannabis use 2-7 days per week) and infrequent users (cannabis use no more than 4 times per month), resident in England between September 2001 and June 2003. 258 cases
- Availability
- ESDS Qualidata, UK Data Archive
- Conditions of Access
- Free registration access
- Link
- http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/[…]/snDescription.asp?sn=5029
- Contact
- qualidata@esds.ac.uk