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A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF 24 VICTORIAN MARIJUANA USERS
Author(s) -
Silberman D.,
Levy J.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1969.tb105726.x
Subject(s) - outgroup , personality psychology , psychology , social psychology , personality
Twenty‐four marijuana users were compared with matched controls using a yes/no questionnaire technique. Attitudes and personal characteristics differed systematically between groups. Most of the drug group identified closely with its usage, and were to some extent a social outgroup. A small number could not, apart from the facts of actual usage, be distinguished from the controls. Aspects of the drug experience, the associated personalities, and the usual consequences of usage are discussed. The usual stereotypes of marijuana users did not apply.