A+ 1500 words research paper

Yin 2

Yuanhuizi Yin

Miranda Marini

ENGL 1140-40

07 Nov 2018

How does Legalizing Cannabis in Canada Effect the University Students?

Cannabis is a plant that has been used in various forms for life, medicine, religion, etiquette and entertainment for thousands of years. With the development of legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada on October 17, 2018 and it is legal to smoke casual marijuana throughout Canada with a medical prescription. Cannabis enthusiasts squeeze the door of retail stores, and online stores are no exception. Since Canada has just legalized marijuana, there are not many related studies, so this article will draw on the reports of American leisure cannabis law and college students. However, the purpose of this study was to influence the changes in the number of college students who smoke marijuana, their attitudes, the motivations for using cannabis, and the consequences of legalizing marijuana in Canada.

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Moreno, Megan A., et al. “Marijuana Experiences, Voting Behaviors, and Early Perspectives Regarding Marijuana Legalization among College Students from 2 States.” Journal of American College Health, vol. 64, no. 1, Jan. 2016, pp. 9–18.

https://eds-a-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.tru.ca/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=3&sid=4ac054df-56cd-4504-a002-f94b88461837%40sdc-v-sessmgr01. Accessed 26 Oct. 2018.

In this article, the authors based on the decision to legalize cannabis in Washington and Wisconsin in 2012, to investigate local college students' views and experiences on cannabis, voting behavior, and early understanding of the impact of legislation. As of this study, college students participated in and completed all surveys through telephonic interviews. According to the survey, almost half of the participants supported the legalization of marijuana and indicated that legislation would not change their attitudes and usage of marijuana, but it improved their trust in the quality and safety of marijuana products (Moreno et al. 9-18). This article was chosen because the legal cannabis in the two states of the United States is similar to that in Canada, so I think the results of the article survey can serve as a reference for Canadian students' attitudes and influence on legal cannabis. Finally, through this article I obtained a good understanding of the subjective willingness and attitude of college students on legal marijuana, the author also realized that the scale of the survey was small, and that participants responded interview with personal bias, and other errors eventually led to the conclusion has a certain degree of error (Moreno et al. 9-18).

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Fischer, Benedikt, et al. “Toking and Driving: Characteristics of Canadian University Students Who Drive after Cannabis Use—an Exploratory Pilot Study.” Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, vol. 13, no. 2, Apr. 2006, pp. 179–187. https://eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=7&sid=a1a18ef0-6d8b-4c39-ada7-42e6dcfa7407%40pdc-v-sessmgr02. Accessed 27 Oct. 2018.

In this article, the Benedikt, Jenny, Jürgen and Andrew used a sample of Toronto college students who drove within 4 hours after using cannabis to investigate and summarize the driving experience of students after using cannabis, the risk of accidents, their perception of the effects of cannabis and alcohol damage, and future expectations information on substance use and driving behaviors. With the increase in the number of people using marijuana, it has become a common behavior for young people and students to drive after consuming marijuana. Although research have clearly pointed out that after using marijuana will “impair key psychomotor skills important for driving for at least a few hours … [and] cannabis is at a higher risk for accidents resulting in injury or death” (qut. Fischer et al. 180), still have many students are overconfident and think that they can effectively reduce the impact of marijuana on their driving by opening the window to breathe fresh air, playing music in the car, eating before driving, etc. The health hazards and risks of marijuana abuse are documented in many literatures, the strengths of this article are “link specifically regarding the risk behavior of CUD” (Fischer et al. 185). Another benefit of this article is to inform the reader of the inadequacies of this survey, and lay the foundation for future research on how to reduce or prevent students' CUD behavior, and effectively avoid those errors occurrence second times.

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Miech, Richard A., et al. “The Influence of College Attendance on Risk for Marijuana Initiation in the United States: 1977 to 2015.” American Journal of Public Health, vol. 107, no. 6, June 2017, pp. 996–1002.

https://eds-a-ebscohost com.ezproxy.tru.ca/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=3&sid=bc3eebfb-e256-4d98-a097-9ff345201866%40sdc-v-sessmgr01. Accessed 28 Oct. 2018.

In this article, the writers attempted to understand and evaluate the increasing trend of Marijuana among the college students in United States after the year of 2013 that is after the legalization of Marijuana. Subsequently, the data for the research was collected from the 12th grade start from the 1976 class. In this research, the writers have studied the 12th grade students aged 19-22 years who had never used marijuana by 12th grade from the year 1977 to 2015. It is found that the marijuana among the college students increase from 2013 (Miech et al. 996-1002). Therefore, it is concluded that since 2013, the marijuana initiation risk factor has increased in colleges. All the researchers in this study have PhD which shows that the research has been done by the professional researcher. Following this, the research was published in American Journal of Public Health, which is recognized journal and only publish authentic and original research papers. This research helps to understand that legalizing Cannabis among the Canadian student would increase the use of Marijuana among the college students.

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Kerr, David C. R., et al. “Changes in Undergraduates’ Marijuana, Heavy Alcohol and Cigarette Use Following Legalization of Recreational Marijuana Use in Oregon.” Addiction (Abingdon, England), vol. 112, no. 11, Nov. 2017, pp. 1992–2001.

https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.tru.ca/doi/epdf/10.1111/add.13906. Accessed 28 Oct. 2018.

The authors’ goal was to find changes in the proportion of college students using cannabis after legalalizing marijuana in Oregon. In response to this question, the authors investigate from three directions. First, RML (recreational marijuana legalization) has a stronger impact on students who use alcohol at higher frequencies than those who do not use marijuana (Kerr et al. 1992-2001). Second, the predicted RML effect is more pronounced in the first year university students (1992-2001). Finally, according to the legal requirements for cannabis to be purchased at or over the age of 21, it is predicted that the impact of the RML effect on minors will be stronger (1992-2001). In this article, the writers have developed a research to evaluate the increase in the marijuana and heavy alcohol after the legalization of recreation Marijuana in Oregon. The use of the recreational Marijuana was legalized in Oregon in 2015. Subsequently, in this research 110,924 undergraduate people participated. In this research, it is found that after the 2015 the rates of Marijuana use were increased and at the same time, it is increased in Oregon. However, it is found that most of the Marijuana users were the heavy alcohol uses. In the result of the research, it is concluded that after the legalization of recreational marijuana, in the Oregon college students, the rate of marijuana increased as compare to other states (1992-2001). This is a relevant research as it helps to develop knowledge about our selected topic and provide some solid information about the possible effects of legalizing cannabis on university students.

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Pearson, Matthew R., et al. “College Student Marijuana Involvement: Perceptions, Use, and consequences across 11 College Campuses.” Addictive Behaviors, vol. 66, Mar. 2017, pp. 83–89, https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0306460316303719?token=98D79DA6D32A1AD2F2009FC16508E493D81126E8ADFFFAB678BA6910D0F3EB9D6A1EF5E545C5B4C58EED199482AC297A. Accessed 28 Oct. 2018.

This study compared the people with heavy cannabis consumption and non-users in 11 universities (total of 8141 students) in the United States, the purpose is to understand the prevalence of cannabis use and consequences in college students. The results show that cannabis users are more likely to have negative consequences than non-marijuana users, and cannabis users have a more positive view of cannabis, but lifelong cannabis users do not think that cannabis users are better than non-marijuana users. The general pattern of normative misunderstandings is similar between users and non-users. Lifetime marijuana users think that typical college students are more likely to get marijuana than non-users. Parents are more reluctant to use marijuana than their friends (Pearson et al. 83-89). As the cannabis market grows strong, the strength of this article is to provide some advice and research foundations for future policies, prevention and treatment of cannabis use.