Prevalence of Cannabis Use Disorder and Associated Factors among Cannabis Young Adult Users at Shashemene Town, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2016

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Introduction.

Cannabis users are at high risk of developing cannabis use disorder which is a problematic pattern of cannabis use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress.

Objective.

To assess the magnitude of cannabis use disorder and associated factors among young adults using cannabis at Shashemene Town, Oromia Region, Ethiopia.

Methods.

A cross-sectional study was conducted at Shashemene Town, from May to June 2016.

Young adults aged 18–25 who use cannabis and are permanent residents of Shashemene were included in the study.

Using single proportion formula, 423 participants were selected using exponential discriminative snow ball sampling.

Result.

This study revealed that the magnitude of cannabis use disorder was 42.2%.

The most contributing factors that remained to be statistically significant with cannabis use disorder were common mental disorder (AOR = 2.125, 95% CI: 1.218, 3.708), current cigarette smoking (AOR = 6.118, 95% CI: 2.13, 17.575), and current use of shisha (AOR = 4.313, 95% CI: 2.427, 7.664).

Conclusion.

The magnitude of cannabis use disorder among young adults using cannabis was high.