Jay Otto, Principal Scientist at the Center for Health & Safety Culture will lead a 90 minute training session on Understanding the Culture of Driving Under the Influence of Cannabis at the 27th CADCA National Leadership Forum in February. The forum is the premier and largest training conference for community-based substance abuse prevention professionals, coalition leaders and prevention and addiction researchers.
The four learning objectives of the presentation are:
- Participants will learn about an integrated behavioral model used to predict intentional behavior.
- Participants will learn how attitudes and beliefs about driving under the influence of cannabis compare between users and non-users of cannabis.
- Participants will learn how attitudes and beliefs about driving under the influence of cannabis compare between those who report driving within four hours of using and those who don’t (among cannabis users).
- Participants will learn how attitudes and beliefs about driving under the influence compare between residents of Colorado and Washington and states where recreational use of cannabis is not legal.
Training Session Date: Thursday, February 9, 2017
Session Time: 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Training Session Description:
With various forms of legalization of cannabis occurring across the country, there is growing concern regarding driving under the influence of cannabis. The Center for Health and Safety Culture at the Western Transportation Institute of Montana State University used an integrated behavioral model (including measures of general values, willingness, attitude, behavioral beliefs, perceived norms, prototypical image, perceived control and control beliefs) to develop a survey to better understand driving within four hours of using cannabis. A national random sample of adults completed a mailed survey in early 2016. This sample was augmented with a purchased internet panel. Higher sampling rates were used in Colorado and Washington. During the presentation, we will compare responses between users and non-users of cannabis, between those who drive within four hours of using and those who don’t (amongst users); and between respondents living in Colorado and Washington and those living in states where recreational use is not legal. We will review a behavioral model predicting driving under the influence that shows the relative contributions of the various components of the model to willingness and behavior.