Presenter(s): Malcolm Durfee – Psychology
Co-Presenter(s): Julia Hibbard, Cali Moore
Faculty Mentor(s): Chantelle Russel
Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Strive to Thrive ARC
Introduction: Whether it be for medicinal purposes or recreational use, the use of cannabis among college students has gone up. The hypothesis for our study is that cannabis use in college aged students affects mental health long term but short term it increases happiness.
Question of Study: What are the effects of the use of Cannabis on a College Student’s Wellbeing?
General Statement of the significance of the research: That cannabis use is very prevalent at college and it also very regulated, and the question is it a the problem that people are using it heavily or regulating it heavily.
Primary Results: We found that there is no proof of causation towards cannabis helping your well being or hurting it. Rather it depends on the person and if they personally know that the drug is good for them.
Primary Conclusion: The conclusion there is no conclusive evidence that this drug directly affects rather it could possibly be a signifier of how your well being is good or bad. Therefore our hypothesis was wrong and we need more research to really get to the bottom of this.
General Methods, Procedures, Sources: We examined these sources. In addition Alexis Drakatos showed a study that spoke about cannabis usage of students but it used survey data so it was not the most reliable data considering I know many students that lied on it. The data from all the UO interviews were either unusable or biased due to them trying to prove a narrative.