Attitudes Toward Cannabis Use Legalization and Openness to Legal Use Among Young Partygoers in Norway.
The purpose of this study was to examine attitudes toward legalization of cannabis use and openness to legal use among Norwegian partygoers. We examined a combined sample ( Although 46.1% of participants reported having used cannabis at least once, only 13 (32.6%) favored legalization and 14 (25.6%) stated they would themselves use cannabis if legalized. Yet, even among never-users, we observed non-opposition to legalization (16.4% in favor 14.9% dont know) and openness to legal use (8.2% would use 12.4% dont know). Histories of cannabis, tobacco, or any other drug use, sex (male), and age younger than 21 years (vs. 30 or older) were consistently associated with affirmative responses to both questions. Openness to legal use was strongly associated with favorable legalization attitudes and age younger than 21, even after accounting for lifetime cannabis use history. Favoring cannabis legalization and openness to legal use were relatively low in this sample of young Norwegian partygoers. Yet, prevalence of cannabis use may increase after legalization among its supporters and among those younger than 21, especially if dont know responses are considered.