Knowledge and attitude about legalized cannabis from the drug list on high school students in Meung District Burirum Province

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the level of knowledge and attitude, and the correlation between personal factors and the level of knowledge and attitude on legalized cannabis from the drug list, among high school students in Meung District, Burirum province. 3 6 8 students were randomly divided by stratification. The research tool was a questionnaire on knowledge and attitude about legalized cannabis from the drug list. The analysis for content validity (IOC) from 3 experts was 0 . 6 . The analysis for reliability on the knowledge questionnaire, using the KR-2 0 formula was 0 . 8 5 . The analysis for reliability on the attitude questionnaire, using the alpha coefficient formula was 0.9. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Chi-Square test. The findings were as follows 1. Most of the respondents were female (69%), living with their parents (63%). In the community where the respondents lived, did not grow cannabis (5 8 . 7 % ) . Family members did not use cannabis (7 4 . 5 %). They have a channel to know news about the liberalization of cannabis through online media (76.1%) mainly by Facebook (94.6%), with knowledge levels (x̅ = 20.69, S.D. = 5.41) and attitudes (x̅ = 3.55, S.D. = 0.75) about the legalization of cannabis at a high level. 2. There was a significant correlation between the level of average monthly income and the online media channels through which news about the legalization of cannabis was received at a level of 0.05. 3 . Sexual relations, average monthly income of the family, current living style, family values regarding cannabis and the use of the various channels to receive news about cannabis, was significantly correlated with the attitude level about cannabis legalization at the 0.05 level. 4. The correlation between the level of knowledge and the level of attitude about the liberalization of cannabis is significant at a level of 0.05.