Skip to main content

Table 2 Characteristics of cannabis users

From: Cannabis and schizophrenia: characterisation of a risk factor in a sample of Moroccan patients hospitalised for psychosis

 

Average (DS)

Age of onset (years)

14.4 (5.3)

Age of cessation (years,n= 31)

32.1 (3.4)

Consumption period (years)

13.5 (5.8)

Frequency of consumption (/month)

15.1 (13.9)

Number of joints per episode

3.3 (4.5)

CAST score

12.4 (7.9)

 

n (%)

Current cannabis user

38 (55.1)

Cannabis addiction (CAST score > 7)

45 (65.2)

Consumption of other PPS

51 (73.9)

Tobacco

60 (86.9)

Kif

52 (75.3)

Maâjoun (street product)

37 (53.6)

Organic solvents

18 (26.0)

Alcohol

33 (47.8)

Psychotropic drugs

17 (24.6)

Cocaine

7 (10.1)

Other

6 (8.6)

Total,n(%)

69 (100.0)

  1. Psychotropic drugs: sedatives, hallucinogens, stimulants, benzhexol (Trihexyphenidyl), gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)
  2. SD Standard deviation, SPA Psychoactive substance