Popularity of marijuana among Polish students

Pająk Michał, Mazur Rafał, Masternak Sebastian, Skórzyńska‑Dziduszko Katarzyna. Popularity of marijuana among Polish students. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(9):167-177. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.888993 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4799 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: 01.09.2017. Revised: 10.09.2017. Accepted: 11.09.2017. Popularity of marijuana among Polish students Michał Pająk1, Rafał Mazur1, Sebastian Masternak1, 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 Michał Pająk1: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5572-547X , e-mail: p.pajak@yahoo.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 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: Marijuana is the most commonly used drug in the world (excluding alcohol and tobacco). According to the literature about 16% of Poles at the age of 16 to 64 years old, at least once have used cannabis. The aim of study was to estimate the popularity of marijuana among students of Polish universities. We also asked questions about respondents’ attitude towards marijuana and opinions about its validation. 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