Author Interviews, Cannabis, Education / 27.06.2024
Study Evaluates Effects of Legalized Marijuana on Higher Education
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
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Ahmed El Fatmaoui[/caption]
Ahmed El Fatmaoui
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Economics
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: The impetus for this research was the growing trend of recreational marijuana legalization (RML) and its potential impact on higher education. With increasing marijuana use among college students, it was crucial to understand how RML might influence college enrollment decisions. Specifically, it is important to examine whether recreational marijuana is regarded by some students as another college amenity, similar to Greek life and other amenities.
Ahmed El Fatmaoui[/caption]
Ahmed El Fatmaoui
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Economics
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: The impetus for this research was the growing trend of recreational marijuana legalization (RML) and its potential impact on higher education. With increasing marijuana use among college students, it was crucial to understand how RML might influence college enrollment decisions. Specifically, it is important to examine whether recreational marijuana is regarded by some students as another college amenity, similar to Greek life and other amenities.
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Dr Jacqueline Stephens MPH, PhD
Epidemiologist & Senior lecturer
Flinders University
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: An increase in the volume of evidence published in the peer-reviewed literature on this topic prompted an update of this Cochrane Review.
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Margaret J. Hosie BVM&S, MRCVS, BSc. PhD.
Professor of Comparative Virology
MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
United Kingdom
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: SARS-CoV-2 is a new coronavirus of animal origin that recently jumped to humans and has spread rapidly across the world. It is likely that SARS-CoV-2 will establish as an endemic virus of humans, which has the potential to be transmitted to animals that live in close proximity to humans. There have been sporadic reports of infections in pet cats in households with COVID-19 patients, which demonstrates that cats are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection and could act as virus reservoirs.
