Current state of cannabis use, policies, and research across sixteen countries: cross-country comparisons and international perspectives

R Ransing, PA De la Rosa… - Trends in psychiatry …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Introduction Varying public views on cannabis use across countries may explain the
variation in the prevalence of use, policies, and research in individual countries, and global …

Evidence for an increase in cannabis use in Iran–A systematic review and trend analysis

Y Rostam-Abadi, J Gholami, M Amin-Esmaeili… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background and aims Cannabis is the most widely used illicit substance globally. In this
systematic review, we examined the prevalence and trends of cannabis use and cannabis …

Prevalence of cannabis use among medical students: A systematic review and meta-analysis

G Papazisis, S Siafis, I Tsakiridis… - Substance abuse …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Cannabis is reported to be the most common illicit substance used among
medical students; however, the number of related studies is limited and their results are not …

Extension of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to predict patterns of marijuana use among young Iranian adults

F Jalilian, M Mirzaei-Alavijeh, M Ahmadpanah… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Marijuana use is increasing among adolescents and young adults. Long-term
marijuana use magnifies the risk of a wide variety of behavioral, cognitive-emotional, and …

[HTML][HTML] Cannabis and amphetamine use among adolescents in five Asian countries

K Peltzer, S Pengpid - Central Asian journal of global health, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods 38,941 school children (mean age 15.4 years, SD= 1.5) completed the cross-
sectional Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS). Topics covered in the …

[HTML][HTML] A discriminant analysis model of psychosocial predictors of problematic Internet use and cannabis use disorder in university students

M Akbari, MH Bahadori, S Mohammadkhani… - Addictive Behaviors …, 2021 - Elsevier
Researchers have found similarities and differences between behavioral and drug
addictions. The present study was designed to explore which of a series of psychosocial …

The trend of poisonings before and after the COVID-19 pandemic

AH Behnoush, E Bazmi, A Khalaji… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially affected people and healthcare systems. One of
the main challenges was the reduction and change in the pattern of non-COVID-19 diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of substance abuse among students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

R Mozafarinia, M Assarian, A Ziaaddini - Addiction & health, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of substance abuse among
students of selected schools of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Methods This …

The Prevalence of illicit substance use among students of medical sciences in Tehran: results from four repeated surveys from 2006 to 2009

M Amin-Esmaeili, M Yunesian… - Journal of Child & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of illicit substance use among students
of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) in four repeated surveys from 2006 to …

Socioeconomic determinants of inequality in smoking stages: a distributive analysis on a sample of male high school students

E Ayubi, M Sani, S Safiri… - American journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The effect of socioeconomic status on adolescent smoking behaviors is unclear, and sparse
studies are available about the potential association. The present study aimed to measure …