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Chronic cannabis use in morocco

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

H. Hami ,
F.-Z. Azzaoui ,
A. Mokhtari ,
A. Soulaymani ,
S. Skalli  and
R. Soulaymani
H. Hami
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Genetic and Biometry, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, Morocco
F.-Z. Azzaoui
Affiliation:
Equip of Clinical and Cognitive Neurosciences and Health, Laboratory of Biology and Health, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco
A. Mokhtari
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Genetic and Biometry, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, Morocco
A. Soulaymani
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Genetic and Biometry, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, Morocco
S. Skalli
Affiliation:
Morocco Poison Control Center, Rabat, Morocco
R. Soulaymani
Affiliation:
Morocco Poison Control Center, Rabat, Morocco

Abstract

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Introduction

In Morocco, as in other countries, the cannabis consumption by a great number of the population remains worrisome, in terms of its effects on “mental and physical” health and its social repercussions.

Objectives and aims

To determine the profile of the people poisoned by cannabis in Morocco in order to identify individuals and groups at high risk.

Methods

A retrospective study was conducted on chronic cannabis poisoning cases notified between 2000 and 2008 in the Morocco Poison Control Center.

Results

During the study period, three hundred and one regular users of cannabis (28 women and 273 men) were poisoned, constituting 34 cases on average per year. The clinical symptoms presented by victims are different, depending on the quantity of inhaled and absorbed psychoactive substances (especially THC) and the frequency and method of use. The average age of victims is 22 years. Among the 225 patients for whom the evolution is known, a 23-year-old man died. The rest of the patients’ condition has improved under gut decontamination.

Conclusions

The influence of consumption of the increasingly high doses of cannabis on the quality of life of young people justifies a public information, particularly young people for better prevention of using of this psychoactive product.

Type
P01-46
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 46
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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