Titre : | Experiences of marijuana-vaporizer users (2014) |
Auteurs : | J. M. MALOUFF ; S. E. ROOKE ; J. COPELAND |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Substance Abuse (Vol.35, n°2, 2014) |
Article en page(s) : | 127-128 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | SHS (Sciences humaines et sociales / Humanities and social sciences) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés CANNABIS ; TYPE D'USAGE ; REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES ; E-CIGARETTEThésaurus géographique ETATS-UNIS |
Mots-clés: | vapotage |
Résumé : |
Background: Using a marijuana vaporizer may have potential harm-reduction advantages on smoking marijuana, in that the user does not inhale smoke. Little research has been published on use of vaporizers.
Methods: In the first study of individuals using a vaporizer on their own initiative, 96 adults anonymously answered questions about their experiences with a vaporizer and their use of marijuana with tobacco. Results: Users identified 4 advantages to using a vaporizer over smoking marijuana: perceived health benefits, better taste, no smoke smell, and more effect from the same amount of marijuana. Users identified 2 disadvantages: inconvenience of setup and cleaning and the time it takes to get the device operating for each use. Only 2 individuals combined tobacco in the vaporizer mix, whereas 15 combined tobacco with marijuana when they smoked marijuana. Almost all participants intended to continue using a vaporizer. Conclusions: Vaporizers seem to have appeal to marijuana users, who perceive them as having harm-reduction and other benefits. Vaporizers are worthy of experimental research evaluating health-related effects of using them. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 4 |
Affiliation : | Department of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia |
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