Student perceptions of cannabis use MacDougall, Christiana; Maston, Matthew
Journal of American college health,
05/2023, Letnik:
71, Številka:
4
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This qualitative study explored post-secondary students' perceptions of cannabis use on students' health, academic pursuits, and social lives, and investigated how these issues have been impacted by ...the legalization of recreational cannabis.
Participants: 20 undergraduate students at a small liberal arts university in Atlantic Canada participated in this study.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews were used to learn more about student perceptions of cannabis. Interview transcripts were analyzed using general thematic analysis.
Results: Students in this study report using cannabis in thoughtful ways, balancing various considerations in terms of health, social connections, and academics. They were aware that cannabis is not a risk-free drug and took some steps to manage risks.
Conclusion: Knowing why young adults believe they use cannabis is information for university professionals who want to develop effective harm reduction campaigns.
PURPOSE: This study aims to investigate the social implications of palm oil biodiesel via a case study using a life cycle assessment framework. METHODS: The case study was conducted in Jambi Province ...of Indonesia and involved several stakeholders, such as value chain actors, employees, local community members, government, and nongovernmental organization representatives related in palm oil industry. The assessment was carried out using social criteria developed by adopting the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry/United Nations Environment Programme Code of Practice, supplemented by an expert survey, and supported by literature review. Stakeholders’ perspectives were evaluated by determining the gaps between expected and perceived quality of each social criterion, which are gauged using seven-point Likert scale. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Twenty-four social criteria were developed and aggregated into five social impact categories: human rights, working condition, cultural heritage, social–economic repercussion, and governance. These criteria have been weighted, useful for further application in multicriteria decision analysis. The results of the stakeholders’ survey reveal the critical social hotspots, which are the issues within the impact categories of working conditions and cultural heritage. CONCLUSIONS: In order to achieve the social equitability of palm oil biodiesel, which is an important pillar to sustainability, efforts must be put to address these social hotspots through actions in various policy level.
Isaac Wetzlar was an eighteenth century wealthy merchant from Celle, Germany who spent many years reflecting on the socio-religious circumstances of German-Jewish society. He wrote Libes Brivin ...Yiddish as a critique of the situation of this society, and offered suggestions which he felt would improve the spiritual and material situation of his fellow Jews. Faierstein presents the text and translation of this important document, along with an analysis.
In the wake of the Cold War, a diverse group of U.S. immigrants
flocked to Costa Rica, distancing themselves from undesirable U.S.
policies at home and abroad. Enchanted with Costa Rica's natural
...beauty and lured by the prospect of cheap land, these
expatriates-former government employees, businessmen and privileged
bourgeois, dissident Quakers and self-seeking hippies, farmers and
ecologists-sought a new life in a country that was often dubbed the
Switzerland of Central America. Cold War Paradise is a
social and cultural history of this little-studied immigration
flow. Based on extensive oral histories of these immigrants and
their diverse writings, ranging from women's club cookbooks to
personal letters, Atalia Shragai examines the motivations for
immigration, patterns of movement, settlements, and processes of
identity-making among U.S. Americans in Costa Rica from post-World
War II to the late 1970s. Exploring such diverse themes as gender,
nature, and material culture, this study provides a fresh
perspective on inter-American relations from the point of view of
ordinary U.S. emigrants and settlers. Shragai traces the formation
and evolution of a wide range of identifications among U.S. expats
and the varied ways they reconstructed and represented their
individual and collective histories within the broader scheme of
the U.S. presence in Cold War Central America.
Gente Como Uno Yalonetzky, Romina
2021, 2021-12-14
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Dr.Yalonetzky introduces readers to a physical microcosm of the intersectionbetween Peruvian and Jewish identity, elucidated through the varied voices andexperiences of Peruvian Jews. This book ...presents a unique understanding ofJewish Peruvian-ness and in so doing sheds a novel light on both Jewish andPeruvian identities.
Replete with colorful anecdotes and copious illustrations, Dress and Dress Code in Medieval Cairo offers a lively and comprehensive study of this fascinating topic.
Social lives are lived prospectively with intent and visions of what will, could and should be. Importantly, this social futurity is not merely hoped for, expected or anticipated but it is also ...enacted continuously in everyday and institutional practices. To encompass this central feature in studies of social life poses significant challenges for all evidence-based knowledge systems, given that the future is not yet and as such not considered factual. This means it cannot be known with certainty. Knowledge about it therefore tends primarily to be constructed, calculated and modelled from past-based evidence. In my reflections I examine some of the difficulties and anomalies that arise for engagement with the full complexity of this fundamental aspect of existence and explore alternative modes of engagement.
As a religious nation, Indonesia places religion as the basis for moral, spiritual, and ethical development. Majelis ta'lim is an Islamic non-formal educational institution that has its position in ...society because the ta'lim assembly is a forum for fostering and developing religious life to form a pious community to Allah SWT. In Aceh, one of the ta'lim assemblies that have an important role in people's lives is the Majlis Zikir Tastafi (Sufism, Tawhid, and Fiqh). Majlis Tastafi is unique compared to others, with a busy congregation spread throughout Aceh with a good network and organizational structure. This study aims to examine the impact of Tastafi's recitation and remembrance on the socio-religious life of the community and to see the community's interest in attending the recitation. This study uses qualitative methods with an in-depth interview and meticulous observation techniques. The results showed that Tastafi's recitation and remembrance had a good impact on the socio-religious life of the community. In addition, the community's interest in participating in Tastafi's recitation and remembrance was very high because it is driven by the desire to gain religious knowledge and inner strength through zikr.
While most world languages spoken by minority populations are in serious danger of becoming extinct, Pennsylvania Dutch is thriving. In fact, the number of Pennsylvania Dutch speakers is growing ...exponentially, although it is spoken by less than one-tenth of one percent of the United States population and has remained for the most part an oral vernacular without official recognition or support. A true sociolinguistic wonder, Pennsylvania Dutch has been spoken continuously since the late eighteenth century, even though it has never been “refreshed” by later waves of immigration from abroad.
In this probing study, Mark L. Louden, himself a fluent speaker of Pennsylvania Dutch, provides readers with a close look at the place of the language in the life and culture of two major subgroups of speakers: the “Fancy Dutch,” whose ancestors were affiliated mainly with Lutheran and German Reformed churches, and conservative Anabaptist sectarians known as the “Plain people”—the Old Order Amish and Mennonites.
Drawing on scholarly literature, three decades of fieldwork, and ample historical documents—most of which have never before been made accessible to English-speaking readers—this is the first book to offer a comprehensive look at this unlikely linguistic success story.
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