title: Pharmacy Students' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Medical Marijuana.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine pharmacy students' knowledge of and attitudes toward medical marijuana and to determine if pharmacy students need additional education on the topic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pharmacy students were asked to complete a survey on medical marijuana that assessed their knowledge of, medical uses of, adverse effects with, and attitudes toward medical marijuana through 23 Likert-scale questions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three hundred eleven students completed the survey. Fifty-eight percent of the students felt that medical marijuana should be legalized in all states. However, the majority of students did not feel comfortable answering consumers' questions regarding efficacy, safety, or drug interactions related to the substance. Accurate responses for diseases or conditions for permitted medical marijuana use was low, with only cancer (91%) and glaucoma (57%) identified by more than half the students.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With an increasing number of states adopting medical marijuana use, pharmacy schools need to evaluate the adequacy of medical marijuana education in their curriculum.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Moeller
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D064086:Medical Marijuana / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D064086:Medical Marijuana
keywords: Medical marijuana; attitudes; knowledge; pharmacy education; pharmacy students