Polish students' opinion about medicinal cannabis

Mazur Rafał, Masternak Sebastian, Pająk Michał, Parszewska Katarzyna, Skórzyńska-Dziduszko Katarzyna. Polish students’ opinion about medicinal cannabis. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(9):233-242. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.894710 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4839 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26.01.2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2017; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 15.08.2017. Revised: 10.09.2017. Accepted: 10.09.2017. Polish students’ opinion about medicinal cannabis Rafał Mazur1, Sebastian Masternak1, Michał Pająk1, Katarzyna Parszewska1, Katarzyna Skórzyńska-Dziduszko2 1 Students’ Scientific Association at the Chair and Department of Human Physiology, Medical University of Lublin, Radziwiłłowska 11 str., 20-080 Lublin, Poland 2 Chair and Department of Human Physiology, Medical University of Lublin, Radziwiłłowska 11 str., 20-080 Lublin, Poland Address for correspondence: Katarzyna Skórzyńska-Dziduszko, M.D., Ph.D. Chair and Department of Human Physiology, Medical University of Lublin, ul. Radziwiłłowska 11, 20-080 Lublin, Poland, fax: 81 448 60 96, e-mail: katarzyna.skorzynska-dziduszko@umlub.pl Rafał Mazur1: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8486-5567, e-mail: rafall.mazur@gmail.com Sebastian Masternak1: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1217-816X, e-mail: s.m.masternak@gmail.com Michał Pająk1: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5572-547X , e-mail: p.pajak@yahoo.pl Katarzyna Parszewska1: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-6921, e-mail: katarzynaparszewska93@gmail.com Katarzyna Skórzyńska-Dziduszko2, M.D., Ph.D.: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8718-1187, e-mail: katarzyna.skorzynska-dziduszko@umlub.pl Abstract Introduction and the aim: According to statistics, in 2014 marijuana was used by 183 million of people, representing 2.5% of the world's population. However, marijuana also found its application in medicine. There is an evidence on the therapeutic benefits of cannabinoids in certain disease states. The aim of our study was to examine the attitude of the Polish students to medical marijuana and their knowledge on the use of cannabis in medicine. We were also interested in the opinion of students whether they accept the use of this therapy in Poland and which medical marijuana distribution channel they consider most appropriate. Material and methods: The study was conducted in 2017 on 132 individuals – 60 men and 72 women. The results were analyzed in STATISTICA 10 at p