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Table 1 Comparing Cannabis use and opinions between three countries

From: Societal images of Cannabis use: comparing three countries

 

Finland (n = 740)

Sweden (n = 1098)

Canada (n = 864)

p

Cannabis use

    

% past 12 months

4.4

1.7

11.9

 

% prior to past 12 months

12.2

13.8

29.2

 

% never

83.4

84.5

58.9

.001

Mean (SD) seriousness of Cannabis use as a societal problem a

6.6 (2.6)

8.2 (2.3)

5.6 (2.6)

.001

% Very high risk of addiction if try

31.8

27.1

11.4

.001

% Large chance of fixing addiction on own, without treatment

10.4

7.8

7.9

N.S.

% Large chance of fixing addiction with treatment

21.4

25.6

20.4

N.S.

  1. N.S. = not significant, p > .01.
  2. a 1 = not at all serious; 10 = extremely serious.