2023
A Six-Year Follow-up of People Who Use Cannabis in Iran – A Case Series
Rostam-Abadi Y, Amin-Esmaeili M, Baheshmat S, Aghaei A, Gholami J, Rahimi-Movaghar A. A Six-Year Follow-up of People Who Use Cannabis in Iran – A Case Series. Addiction And Health 2023, 15: 71-76. PMID: 37560074, PMCID: PMC10408741, DOI: 10.34172/ahj.2023.1357.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCannabis useFrequency of cannabis useSample of cannabis usersFrequent cannabis useMental Health SurveyIranian Mental Health SurveyEligible individualsAssociated with adverse health-related outcomesCannabis usersAdverse event statusAdverse health-related outcomesSix-year follow-upAdverse eventsFollow-up of peopleHealth-related outcomesCannabisHealth SurveyVital statusTelephone callsIndex surveyBaseline statusIndividualsParticipantsAbstinenceEvent status
2021
Evidence for an increase in cannabis use in Iran – A systematic review and trend analysis
Rostam-Abadi Y, Gholami J, Amin-Esmaeili M, Baheshmat S, Hamzehzadeh M, Rafiemanesh H, Nasserbakht M, Ghalichi L, Safarcherati A, Taremian F, Mojtabai R, Rahimi-Movaghar A. Evidence for an increase in cannabis use in Iran – A systematic review and trend analysis. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0256563. PMID: 34460847, PMCID: PMC8404985, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256563.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCannabis use disorderCannabis useUse disorderPrevalence of cannabis use disorderTrends of cannabis usePrevalence of cannabis useGeneral populationPrevalence estimatesHigh-risk groupIranian general populationRandom-effects modelPooled prevalence estimatePooled prevalenceYouth groupsCannabisA systematic reviewSex subgroupsIllicit substancesIranian databasesPrevalenceSystematic reviewNational studyFemale university studentsDisordersMale