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WHO Project on Health Implications of Cannabis Use:
A Comparative Appraisal of the Health and Psychological
Consequences of Alcohol, Cannabis, Nicotine and Opiate Use
Table 1:
Summary of ratings of overall effects of drug use by current users (Percent)
United States 1974: Males aged 20 - 30 O'Donnell et al., 1976:79 |
Ontario 1994: Both sexes aged 18 - 34 Bondy, 1994 |
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RESPONSES | LIFETIME USERS OF: | RESPONSES | CURRENT USERS OF: | ||||
ALCOHOL | TOBACCO | MARIJUANA OR HASHISH |
ALCOHOL | TOBACCO | MARIJUANA OR HASHISH |
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Total N | (2434) | (2211) | (1382) | Total | (601) | (256) | (121) |
"Very good" or "more good than bad" | 33 | 12 | 45 | More good than harm | 19 | 3 | 29 |
No effect | 21 | 22 | 22 | Harm and good about equal | 70 | 7 | 59 |
"More bad than good" or "very bad" | 46 | 66 | 33 | More harm than good | 11 | 50 | 12 |
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