TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - A six-year follow-up of people who use cannabis in Iran - a case series
JO  - Addiction and health
A1  - Rostam-Abadi, Yasna
A1  - Amin-Esmaeili, Masoumeh
A1  - Baheshmat, Shahab
A1  - Mohammad Aghaei, Ardavan
A1  - Gholami, Jaleh
A1  - Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin
SP  - 71
EP  - 76
VL  - 15
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: Frequent cannabis use is associated with adverse health-related outcomes. This study followed up individuals who used cannabis to assess their use and adverse event status. <br><br>METHODS: The eligible individuals, recruited in the Iranian Mental Health Survey (IranMHS), were contacted via telephone calls six years after the index interview. The frequency of cannabis use and the occurrence of selected adverse events were recorded. The baseline status was extracted from the index survey. If any individual was inaccessible, his/her vital status was assessed. <br><br>FINDINGS: Of the 50 eligible individuals (all male), two had died. Moreover, from among 25 reached participants, 19 reported abstinence from cannabis in the past year, and 18 reported at least one adverse event in the past six years. Violence and imprisonment were the most common events reported. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Six years after the index interview, most of the participants abstained from cannabis. Besides, adverse events were common, emphasizing the need for further investigations on larger samples of cannabis users.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2008-4633
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/ahj.2023.1357
ID  - ref1
ER  -