A Qualitative Study On Exploring The Perception And Motivation Of Cannabis Use Among Malaysian Graduates
The objectives of the study includes understanding the motivation of cannabis use among young educated adults in Malaysia, to gain an understanding on the contextual use of cannabis among these users and to study the perception towards cannabis use and its related issues. There were in total 23...
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my-usm-ep.557252022-11-23T02:48:39Z A Qualitative Study On Exploring The Perception And Motivation Of Cannabis Use Among Malaysian Graduates 2019-10 Govarthnapany, Neshalatha R5-920 Medicine (General) The objectives of the study includes understanding the motivation of cannabis use among young educated adults in Malaysia, to gain an understanding on the contextual use of cannabis among these users and to study the perception towards cannabis use and its related issues. There were in total 23 participants recruited in this study through snowball sampling. These participants are all Malaysians and have a minimum qualification of a bachelor’s degree. The methodology used in this study was the Interpretative Phenomelogical Analysis (IPA). The mean age of the study sample is 34.5 years old. Each participants were interviewed individually face-to-face or by phone. The findings of the study focused on the background of cannabis use, experience and reason of use, perception on cannabis-related issues and their hopes for the future. These study participants reported to use cannabis recreational and medicinal purposes. Nine master themes emerged from the findings: The purpose of cannabis use, Effects of cannabis use, Experience with other substances, Defaulted conventional drug treatment, Dependency, Cannabis acceptance in Malaysia, Cannabis acceptance in other countries, Cannabis legislation in Malaysia and Cannabis use in Malaysia in the Future. Participants of this study generally regarded cannabis to be a beneficial plant rather than regarding it as a drug. Although forbidden by the law, these participants are willing to take the risk to explore cannabis and it’s potential. 2019-10 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/55725/ http://eprints.usm.my/55725/1/Neshalatha%20Thesis%202019%20cut.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Penyelidikan Dadah dan Ubat-Ubatan |
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The objectives of the study includes understanding the motivation of
cannabis use among young educated adults in Malaysia, to gain an
understanding on the contextual use of cannabis among these users and to study
the perception towards cannabis use and its related issues. There were in total
23 participants recruited in this study through snowball sampling. These
participants are all Malaysians and have a minimum qualification of a
bachelor’s degree. The methodology used in this study was the Interpretative
Phenomelogical Analysis (IPA). The mean age of the study sample is 34.5 years
old. Each participants were interviewed individually face-to-face or by phone.
The findings of the study focused on the background of cannabis use, experience
and reason of use, perception on cannabis-related issues and their hopes for the
future. These study participants reported to use cannabis recreational and
medicinal purposes. Nine master themes emerged from the findings: The
purpose of cannabis use, Effects of cannabis use, Experience with other
substances, Defaulted conventional drug treatment, Dependency, Cannabis
acceptance in Malaysia, Cannabis acceptance in other countries, Cannabis
legislation in Malaysia and Cannabis use in Malaysia in the Future. Participants
of this study generally regarded cannabis to be a beneficial plant rather than
regarding it as a drug. Although forbidden by the law, these participants are
willing to take the risk to explore cannabis and it’s potential. |
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A Qualitative Study On Exploring The
Perception And Motivation Of
Cannabis Use Among Malaysian
Graduates |
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A Qualitative Study On Exploring The
Perception And Motivation Of
Cannabis Use Among Malaysian
Graduates |
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A Qualitative Study On Exploring The
Perception And Motivation Of
Cannabis Use Among Malaysian
Graduates |
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A Qualitative Study On Exploring The
Perception And Motivation Of
Cannabis Use Among Malaysian
Graduates |
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A Qualitative Study On Exploring The
Perception And Motivation Of
Cannabis Use Among Malaysian
Graduates |
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qualitative study on exploring the
perception and motivation of
cannabis use among malaysian
graduates |
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Universiti Sains Malaysia |
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Pusat Penyelidikan Dadah dan Ubat-Ubatan |
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