Legalized marijuana: Language-associated knowledge of laws and risk perceptions among Latinos

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...

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Published in:Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse 2019-07, Vol.18 (3), p.415-427
Main Authors: Roppolo, Rebecca H., Brooks-Russell, Ashley, Bull, Sheana S., Maffey, Ali, Levinson, Arnold
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Audiences
Campaigns
Cannabis
Drug legalization
Health
Health education
Health information
Hispanic Americans
Knowledge
language differences
Latin American cultural groups
Latino
Marijuana
Perceptions
Polls & surveys
Risk
Risk perception
Self evaluation
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1533-2640
1533-2659
DOI:10.1080/15332640.2017.1404954