Public perceptions of medical cannabis diversion

A legal and moral dilemma

Bibliographic Data

ID4228148
AuthorsVered Ne’eman-Haviv (0000-0001-7239-326X, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel), Nir Rozmann (0000-0002-7676-5777, Western Galilee College, Acre, Israel)
Year2023
Volume28
Issue13
Pages1264-1275
Publication date2023-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13591053231173590
PMID37243499
OpenAlexW4378515647
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited34

The study examined public perception in Israel of the severity of medical cannabis diversion, its morality, and normativeness. The sample included 380 participants who completed a quantitative questionnaire to respond to four scenarios about diverting medical cannabis to a person with/without a license and with/without a small payment (a 2×2 design). The findings show that although the participants received advance information about the severity of medical cannabis diversion as a drug trafficking offense, they perceived the severity of the offense as moderate, and as an act that is at least moderately moral and normative. The findings are explained based on moral theories. We discuss the implications of the findings in relation to the gap between public attitudes and legal policy

Cannabis · License · Medical cannabis · Morality · Normative · Perception · Political science · Psychiatry · Public health · Social norms approach · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Law · Social Psychology

Tools

Open DOI