Cannabis as entheogen: survey and interview data on the spiritual use of cannabis

Table 3 Motivations for cannabis use among 214 Internet survey respondents in multivariate logistic regression models

	Adventure			Curiosity			Insight and understanding for personal growth			Psychological self-exploration			To cure or heal personal problems
	B	SE	p	B	SE	p	B	SE	p	B	SE	p	B	SE	P
Intercept	-5.69	2.99		-1.17	2.89		-13.96	3.31	*******	-3.49	2.80		-.63	3.00
Age	-.23	.19		.03	.18		-.24	.18		-.25	.17		-.34	.20
Gender (M)	-.11	.52		.00	.51		-.34	.47		-.22	.48		-.62	.49
Education	-.03	.16		.05	.16		.48	.18	**	.06	.16		-.14	.16
Extraversion	-.15	.13		.00	.14		.04	.13		-.11	.12		.04	.13
Conscientiousness	.09	.16		.08	.16		.22	.15		.06	.15		.07	.15
Openness	.26	.22		.11	.22		.49	.22	*	.29	.20		.24	.22
Agreeableness	.35	.15	*	.01	.15		.17	.15		.26	.14		.02	.16
Emotional stability	.41	.16	**	.27	.15		.14	.14		-.02	.14		-.36	.15	*
Risk taking	.01	.03		.03	.03		.03	.03		.02	.02		.04	.03
Alcohol use	.20	.17		.02	.17		.25	.17		.00	.16		-.07	.17
Amphetamine use	-.08	.19		-.47	.18	*	-.23	.20		-.14	.18		-.07	.20
Cigarette/tobacco use	-.10	.12		.17	.12		.15	.12		-.01	.11		.00	.11
Cocaine use	.17	.41		-.16	.41		.65	.42		-.17	.41		.01	.40
Opiate use	-.19	.20		-.19	.22		.09	.20		.24	.21		-.23	.20
Psychedelics use 12 months	-.12	.10		-.09	.10		-.06	.10		-.04	.10		.06	.10
Years of cannabis experience	.01	.18		-.35	.18	*	.23	.18		.02	.16		.05	.19
Cannabis use 12 months	.00	.07		.06	.07		.17	.07	*	.02	.07		.14	.08
Spiritual motivation	2.49	.43	*******	1.32	.41	*******	2.37	.44	*******	2.56	.42	*******	1.30	.41	*******

Note: N = 214. Results from multivariate logistic regression models. Each model contains 18 independent variables: age, gender (coded as male = 1), education (quantified from 1 = “Have not completed high school” to 6 = “PhD”), the Big Five personality traits, the overall Risk Taking score (RTI), five variables for current drug use (quantified from 1 = “Daily” to 5 = “Never”), two variables for the number of use occasions for psychedelics and cannabis over the last 12 months, a variable for the number of years of cannabis experience (quantified from 1 = “Less than a year” to 5 = “10+ years”),and a dichotomous variable for spiritual motivation. Results from five models are shown, one for each of five dependent variables: adventure (model Nagelkerke R-square = .41), curiosity (model Nagelkerke R-square = .21), personal growth (model Nagelkerke R-square = .44), self-exploration (model Nagelkerke R-square = .38), and healing personal problems (model Nagelkerke R-square = .27). Values in bold represent statistically significant associations. B = unstandardized regression coefficient, SE = standard error, * p < = .05, ** p < = .01, *** p < = .001

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