Medicinal Marijuana Research Memo

Hypothesis:

            I feel medicinal Marijuana is often used. For some reason, people do not understand that it may be helpful at the time but later on it is going to affect them more. I feel some people do not take the time to look deep into the effect of Cannabis. People smoke weed to survive longer, little do they know they will die quicker. Hopefully my question “Is medicinal marijuana worth the effects later on?”  Will open others eyes.

Context:

            My target audience were ages 15+, because kids around 15 start to use marijuana. From there on, I asked teenagers and adults. I chose these respondents because teens and adults both use marijuana. I discovered from pilot testing that I needed to do a little more explaining. Most people did not understand the difference between medicinal and recreational marijuana. Many of them were confused. My results are reliable and valid because I asked various people. I did not ask many biased questions. My questions are viewed by two or more different views.

Results:

What’s your gender?	How do you feel about medicinal marijuana?	Have you ever witnessed someone using medicinal marijuana for medicinal reasons?	On a scale 1 to 5, how likely do you think people take advantage of medicinal marijuana?	Teenagers use marijuana more than adults?	What race do you think uses medicinal marijuana?	Do you think people will have bad effects later on in life because they used marijuana?	Do you think medicinal marijuana should be used?	Which one do you think target people to smoke marijuana?
Female-17 Male-10	·         Great ·         Not sure ·         Legalize it ·         Some need it ·         Others abuse it ·         Excuse just to smoke ·         Helpful ·         Removes pain ·         Cures cancer ·         Only use for medicinal reason	No- 23 Yes-4	1-0 2- 0 3- 1 4- 9 5- 15	True- 24 False-3	All-  11 Whites-10 African Americans- 5 Mexicans- 1	Yes-19 No- 8	Yes-19 No- 8	Emotions-21 Medicinal reasons-5 Neither-1

 

 

Data Analysis:

            I surveyed 27 people. In my data I found that 23 out of 27 people have never witnessed some using medical marijuana , but yet 15 of the 27 agreed that on a scale of 1 to 5; 5 being the highest 15 agreed that on the many people take advantage of medicinal marijuana. Twenty four  of twenty seven people agreed that teenagers use marijuana more than adults. When I asked how they felt about medicinal marijuana, I received different answers. Some said, it was just an excuse to smoke marijuana others thought it was really helpful. A couple even said it was a useful drug for cancer patients. Many people even agreed to just legalize it because either way people use it for medical reasons and it is illegal. When I asked what race uses medicinal marijuana, I received many responses. Some did not just agree to one race but they agreed to multiple races. The main two races that were said multiple times were Caucasian and African American. Then, mostly agreed that all races use it. Eleven people said all races use it, leaving Caucasians in second place with 10 votes.  African Americans only received 5 votes. When I asked if people would have bad effects later on in life because they used marijuana, I received strange votes. Nineteen people agreed that yes there would be bad effects later on in life to those who used marijuana, whether it be medicinal or recreational. Eight agreed that there would not be any bad effects later on in life. When I surveyed my targets, I asked which of three choices emotions, medicinal reasons, or neither the reasons to target people to smoke. Twenty one people agreed that an emotion is the main reason people smoke marijuana. Only 5 people agreed that medicinal reasons target people to smoke, and only one person said it was neither.

Conclusion:

            My hypothesis is people smoke weed to survive longer; little do they know they will die quicker. Hopefully my question, “Is medicinal marijuana worth the effects later on?”  Will open others eyes. I have not yet been able to prove my question correct or not. What was different from expected was that many people had different aspects of marijuana. I can conclude that some people do know that marijuana could have effects on people later on in life.

Follow up:

            I want to keep doing further research on my topic. My one question that should be researched next would be “Should medicinal marijuana be legalized since most people use it?”  As a result of my research I have not changed my research question yet. I find really good information on medicinal marijuana and how it is helpful but yet harmful in the long run.