Assessing the Prevalence of Cannabis Use Through a Survey About Criminal Activity Versus One About Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic characteristics.

	Crime survey	Health survey	p
	(n = 740)	(n = 738)
% Age			0.44
18–24	10.9	10.5
25–34	17.9	17.0
35–44	16.6	16.1
45–54	15.4	17.6
55–64	17.5	14.2
65+	22.2	24.5
% Female	52.8	49.5	0.21
% Married/Common Law/Same sex partner	59.1	59.5	0.92
% Household income < UK£30,000	43.5	40.2	0.22
% Full/part time employed	60.9	60.7	1.0

Table 2. Self-reported cannabis use and ratings of stigma toward cannabis users.

	Crime survey^a	Health survey	p
	(n = 740)	(n = 738)
% Ever used cannabis	44.1	46.1	.466
% Past year cannabis use	8.5	9.6	.472
% Past month cannabis use	4.6	4.9	.808
% Strongly agree that most people believe that someone who uses cannabis is ….
Dangerous	2.7	1.6	.156
Not a good person	3.5	2.8	.461
Unreliable	14.2	8.5	.001

^aParticipants were randomized to be told that the cannabis items came from the ‘Crime Survey of England or the Health Survey of England’.

Data availability statement

The data used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.