Evaluation of the frequency and predictive factors of cannabis consumption among students of the university of pharmacy of monastir
Introduction In Tunisia, the use of cannabis has become an important phenomenon in the society that not well attested by epidemiological studies. Objectives The purpose of this work is to study the socio-demographic criteria of student of the faculty of Pharmacy of Monastir and risk factors enco...
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| author | N. Bensaid A. Ghorbel K. Ben Hmida S. Hachicha S. Smaoui F. Messadi J. Aloulou |
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Introduction
In Tunisia, the use of cannabis has become an important phenomenon in the society that not well attested by epidemiological studies.
Objectives
The purpose of this work is to study the socio-demographic criteria of student of the faculty of Pharmacy of Monastir and risk factors encouraging them to consume cannabis and to estimate the extent of the phenomenon of dependence occurring among students.
Methods
A questionnaire composed of 45 questions was sent to students of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Monastir via the internet. The data was collected and analyzed using the software’ Google forms’ and ‘statistical package for social Science’ (SPSS)
Results
The prevalence of cannabis use among students of the faculty of Pharmacy was worrying, increasing to 21.4 %, for moments of pleasure and relaxation of the stressful life (p=0 et p=0.008). The frequency of cannabis use had a significant impact on the desire to stop cannabis use (p=0.012). Of the 55 consumers, only 5 tried to stop or reduce cannabis use. About 88% of participants indicated that cannabis was responsible for psychological dependence. Polydrug use (tobacco, alcohol, other drugs) had a significant influence on this use (p=0).
Conclusions
The scourge of cannabis use has invaded not only universities, but also high schools and colleges. At the end of this work, we propose debates to find the necessary means to protect cannabis users cannabis and treat dependents.
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| spelling | doaj.art-8036d3bc5d1c422588b20ed5984699662023-11-17T05:06:11ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852021-04-0164S571S57110.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1522Evaluation of the frequency and predictive factors of cannabis consumption among students of the university of pharmacy of monastirN. Bensaid0A. Ghorbel1K. Ben Hmida2S. Hachicha3S. Smaoui4F. Messadi5J. Aloulou6Toxicology Unit, hygiene Loboratory, sfax, TunisiaToxicology Unit, hygiene Loboratory, sfax, TunisiaPsychiatrie, Hopital Hedi Chaker, sfax, TunisiaMicrobiology Unit, hygiene Loboratory, sfax, TunisiaMicrobiology, hygiene laboratory, sfax, TunisiaMicrobiology, hygiene laboratory, sfax, TunisiaPsychiatrie, Hopital Hedi Chaker, sfax, Tunisia Introduction In Tunisia, the use of cannabis has become an important phenomenon in the society that not well attested by epidemiological studies. Objectives The purpose of this work is to study the socio-demographic criteria of student of the faculty of Pharmacy of Monastir and risk factors encouraging them to consume cannabis and to estimate the extent of the phenomenon of dependence occurring among students. Methods A questionnaire composed of 45 questions was sent to students of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Monastir via the internet. The data was collected and analyzed using the software’ Google forms’ and ‘statistical package for social Science’ (SPSS) Results The prevalence of cannabis use among students of the faculty of Pharmacy was worrying, increasing to 21.4 %, for moments of pleasure and relaxation of the stressful life (p=0 et p=0.008). The frequency of cannabis use had a significant impact on the desire to stop cannabis use (p=0.012). Of the 55 consumers, only 5 tried to stop or reduce cannabis use. About 88% of participants indicated that cannabis was responsible for psychological dependence. Polydrug use (tobacco, alcohol, other drugs) had a significant influence on this use (p=0). Conclusions The scourge of cannabis use has invaded not only universities, but also high schools and colleges. At the end of this work, we propose debates to find the necessary means to protect cannabis users cannabis and treat dependents. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821015224/type/journal_articleCannabisstudentsRisk factorsdependence |
| spellingShingle | N. Bensaid A. Ghorbel K. Ben Hmida S. Hachicha S. Smaoui F. Messadi J. Aloulou Evaluation of the frequency and predictive factors of cannabis consumption among students of the university of pharmacy of monastir European Psychiatry Cannabis students Risk factors dependence |
| title | Evaluation of the frequency and predictive factors of cannabis consumption among students of the university of pharmacy of monastir |
| title_full | Evaluation of the frequency and predictive factors of cannabis consumption among students of the university of pharmacy of monastir |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the frequency and predictive factors of cannabis consumption among students of the university of pharmacy of monastir |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the frequency and predictive factors of cannabis consumption among students of the university of pharmacy of monastir |
| title_short | Evaluation of the frequency and predictive factors of cannabis consumption among students of the university of pharmacy of monastir |
| title_sort | evaluation of the frequency and predictive factors of cannabis consumption among students of the university of pharmacy of monastir |
| topic | Cannabis students Risk factors dependence |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821015224/type/journal_article |
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