If you are over eighteen and have used marijuana at least once, you can be participate anonymously in the University of New England research project.
Associate professor, John Malouff, at theSchool of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences, University of New England, is investigating what warnings should be displayed on marijuana packages in countries where it is legalised.
The project has been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of New England (Approval No. HE14-280), valid to 13 Oct 2015.
Aim of the research: “The research seeks suggestions from marijuana users for health/safety warnings relating to the use of marijuana. Governments that allow the sale of medical marijuana or recreational marijuana might consider these suggestions if they decide to mandate health warnings on marijuana packages.”
Dr Malouff said that in many countries governments require warnings on tobacco and alcohol products, and he wants marijuana warnings to be considered as it becomes legalised in some areas.
“Marijuana is rapidly becoming legal for medicinal use and most recently for leisure use, with two American states and Uruguay legalising it during this past year. There is also a current movement in Australia to permit it for medicinal use.”
It makes sense for governments that allow the sale of marijuana to require warnings on the packages, he insists
“So far, no government has done that. So as part of our research we are looking for adults who have used marijuana at least once to complete an anonymous online research questionnaire.”
What you will do: Participating in the study will involve your typing in the health-related warnings you would suggest for marijuana packages and providing information about your use of marijuana and your age, sex, education level, and in what country you live.
You will then be asked to type in the health-related warnings you would suggest for marijuana packages. The study takes 10 minutes to complete.
Use of marijuana in many areas of the world is illegal, so to protect you, you will be anonymous when completing the study. Dr Malouff will keep electronic data on a password protected computer at the University of New England, Australia. Only the research team will have access to the data.
Information from the study may also be used in journal articles and conference presentations. All the data collected in this research will be kept for a minimum of five years after successful submission of the thesis, after which it will be disposed of by deleting relevant computer files, and destroying or shredding hardcopy materials.
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