Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Cannabis is the most widely used illicit psychoactive substance worldwide. In Tunisia, the prevalence of cannabis use and its association with other risky behaviours were reported in several publications interesting mainly early adolescence.
However, no publications exploring trends based on national epidemiological data are available yet. Our purpose was to determine cannabis prevalence in Tunisian high school adolescents and assess significant trends from to Pooled data from Mediterranean school surveys on alcohol and other drugs conducted in , , and , were used.
Based on three-stage stratification sampling method, first and second grade secondary education students were enrolled. Were not included students enrolled in vocational training centers and out-of-school adolescents.
Self-administered standardized questionnaire was used in data collection. STATA software was used for statistical analysis. A total of The prevalence of cannabis use increased from 1. Besides, there was a significant increase in both public and private schools, and among both boys and girls. However, the greatest increase was among male students 3. Despite the reinforcement of restrictive legislative measures, the prevalence of cannabis use among Tunisian high school adolescents is significantly increasing.
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