作为园丁的大麻种植者：来自意大利和英国小规模种植者的调查结果。

IF 4.4 2区医学 Q1 SUBSTANCE ABUSE

International Journal of Drug Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-15 DOI:10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104959

Davide Fortin , Vincent Di Beo , Michala Kowalski , Eric L. Sevigny , Jodie Grigg , Camelia Protopopescu , Gary R. Potter

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摘要

背景：在大麻生产和后续政策的研究中，种植大麻的园艺性质经常被忽视。对于种植者的园艺专业知识是否会影响大麻种植方法、其他精神活性植物的生长、物质使用行为或与刑事司法系统的相互作用，人们知之甚少。种植的轨迹，就大麻是通往更广泛的园艺，还是反之亦然而言，也未被探索。研究将大麻种植与其他园艺活动结合起来的个人是有价值的，因为它可以深入了解大麻种植者作为非法毒品市场参与者的动机和做法。方法：通过2020年至2021年的在线调查收集了意大利和英国1302名小规模大麻种植者的数据。我们进行了两次回归来比较(1)那些只种植大麻的人和那些也种植其他植物的人；(2)那些开始种植大麻然后种植其他植物的人，反之亦然。结果：我们样本中的大多数人种植大麻和其他植物(普通园丁；82%)。与只吸食大麻的一组相比，普通园丁（GG）倾向于年龄更大，受教育程度更高，更有可能有恋爱关系。GG更多地在户外种植大麻作物，种植的目的更多地与生态或医疗原因有关，而不是出售大麻。与GG组相比，OCG组使用兴奋剂和满足大麻使用依赖标准的几率更高。在GG组中，大多数（71%）开始种植其他植物，后来转向大麻。结论：种植其他植物在大麻种植者中很常见，并且在种植大麻之前远远超过相反的途径。由于普通园丁似乎只关注大麻，对其他精神活性植物或真菌的溢出效应的担忧可能被夸大了。考虑到与一般园艺相关的较低的预期危害，它可以作为减少供应参与法律评估的代理。

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Cannabis growers as gardeners: results from a survey among Italian and British small-scale growers

Background

The horticultural nature of growing cannabis is often overlooked in the study of cannabis production, and subsequent policies. Little is known about whether growers' horticultural expertise influences cannabis cultivation methods, the growing of other psychoactive plants, substance use behaviors, or interactions with the criminal justice system. The trajectory of cultivation, in terms of whether cannabis is a gateway to more general gardening, or vice versa, is also unexplored. Studying individuals who combine cannabis cultivation with other gardening activities is valuable because it provides insights into the motivations and practices of cannabis growers as illegal drug market participants.

Methods

Data from 1302 small-scale cannabis growers in Italy and the UK was collected through an online survey from 2020 to 2021. We ran two regressions to compare (1) those who only grow cannabis with those who also grow other plants and; (2) those who started growing cannabis and then grew other plants and vice versa.

Results

Most people in our sample grew cannabis and other plants (General Gardeners; 82 %). In comparison with the Only-cannabis group (OCG), General Gardeners (GG) tended to be older, more educated, and more likely to be in a relationship. GG grew more cannabis crops outdoors, and the purposes for growing were more related to ecological or medical reasons rather than selling cannabis. The OCG group had higher odds of using stimulant drugs and meeting cannabis use dependence criteria compared to GG. Among GG, the majority (71 %) started growing other plants and later moved to cannabis.

Conclusion

Gardening other plants is common among cannabis growers and precedes cultivating cannabis far more than the reverse pathway. As general gardeners appear focused on cannabis alone, concerns about spillover to growing other psychoactive plants or fungi may be overstated. Given the lower expected harms associated with general gardening, it could serve as a proxy for reduced supply involvement in legal assessments.

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International Journal of Drug Policy SUBSTANCE ABUSE-

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62 days

期刊介绍： The International Journal of Drug Policy provides a forum for the dissemination of current research, reviews, debate, and critical analysis on drug use and drug policy in a global context. It seeks to publish material on the social, political, legal, and health contexts of psychoactive substance use, both licit and illicit. The journal is particularly concerned to explore the effects of drug policy and practice on drug-using behaviour and its health and social consequences. It is the policy of the journal to represent a wide range of material on drug-related matters from around the world.