A Comparative Study of Characteristics and Risky Behaviors Among the Iranian Opium and Opium Dross Addicts

Noohi, Sima; Azar, Mahyar; Behzadi, Ashkan Heshmatzade; Sedaghati, Mahsa; Panahi, Sepideh Akbari; Dehghan, Nasir; Honarbakhsh, Yasamin; Akasheh, Amirpoya; Tahoori, Armin; Wilson, Denis

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“…Our analysis showed that opium was the most frequently used drug among students (45.6% of the users of illicit drug). In general, because of the domestic reasons and high availability due to the close proximity to Afghanistan, opium consumption is more common in Iran ( 24 ). Therefore, in addition to differences in the prevalence rate, the pattern of substance use in Iranian students is completely different from students of western countries.…”

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Prescription Drugs, Alcohol, and Illicit Substance Use and Their Correlations Among Medical Sciences Students in Iran

Abbasi-Ghahramanloo

Fotouhi

Zeraati

et al. 2015

Int J High Risk Behav Addict

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Background:Substance use among young people is a major public health problem in Iran.Objectives:The aims of the present study were to determine the prevalence of substance misuse and its determinants in medical sciences students in Tehran, Iran.Patients and Methods:A cross-sectional study was performed on a randomly selected sample of 1992 medical sciences students during 2012-2013. Anonymous, structured questionnaires were distributed among the students in each selected class. Substance misuse was defined according to cultural and epidemiological features. Data analysis was performed using chi-squared test, Fisher’s exact test, and binary logistic regression.Results:The prevalence of prescription drug misuse, last year alcohol use, and ever illicit substance use was 4.9%, 6.9%, and 2.9%, respectively. The result of multiple logistic regression model showed that being a male (OR = 4.0), hookah use in the last year (OR = 3.2), prescription drug misuse (OR = 3.2), and alcohol use in the last year (OR = 3.3) were associated with the students’ illicit substance use. Last year alcohol use (OR = 5.3), ever illicit substance use (OR = 3.2), and illicit substance use in friends (OR = 2.6) were associated with prescription drug misuse.Conclusions:Our results suggested that the prevalence of prescription drugs, alcohol and illicit substance use was relatively low, though still significant, among Iranian students, which was strongly associated with family and friends’ use. The findings of this research can be used for planning and evaluating interventions by considering the risk factors and protective factors in Universities.

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Prescription Drugs, Alcohol, and Illicit Substance Use and Their Correlations Among Medical Sciences Students in Iran

Abbasi-Ghahramanloo

Fotouhi

Zeraati

et al. 2015

Int J High Risk Behav Addict

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“…Globally, 38% of 18-25 year-old adolescents annually drink alcohol and 11% are heavy drinkers [9]. Although alcohol use is illegal due to Islamic restrictions in Iran, its use has increased among young Iranians [10,11]. There has been different reports regarding prevalence of alcohol use among Iranian students, varying from 7% to higher in other studies [12,13].…”

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Prevalence of alcohol use and associated factors among students of medical sciences in central Iran

Ghalhari¹,

Mehri²,

Dehghani³

et al. 2021

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“…Consequently, this has made opium and other drugs easily available for Iranians [1,2]. This put more people at risk of drug addiction and drug trafficking related crimes, and so more related incarceration [3,4].…”

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HIV trend among Iranian prisoners in 1990s and 2000s; analysis of aggregated data from HIV sentinel sero-surveys

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BackgroundUsing the aggregated data of all sentinel sero-surveys (1991 to 2007), this study aimed to report the HIV trend among Iranian prisoners.MethodOverall, we analysed the aggregated data from 397 HIV sero-surveys conducted in 72 prisons (included 155,771 prisoners) from 1991 through 2007.ResultsThe overall HIV prevalence was 2.8% (95% CI: 1.8%-4.3%). In 1998, HIV prevalence dramatically increased to 4.5% (95% CI: 1.1%-16.8%), which later became stable at level of 2.8%. Prisons were so heterogeneous regarding HIV prevalence (0% to 13.2%).ConclusionSince the outbreak, the ministry of health has acknowledged prisoners as one of the high-risk groups for HIV, increased the number of sentinel surveys and on-site harm reduction services to better monitor and response to the HIV epidemic. The downward trend of HIV prevalence after 2005 suggests the effectiveness of such interventions which need to be continued.

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A Comparative Study of Characteristics and Risky Behaviors Among the Iranian Opium and Opium Dross Addicts

Abstract: These results indicated the need for more intensive and effective care for the opioid addicts in Iran.

Cited by 10 publications

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Prescription Drugs, Alcohol, and Illicit Substance Use and Their Correlations Among Medical Sciences Students in Iran

Prescription Drugs, Alcohol, and Illicit Substance Use and Their Correlations Among Medical Sciences Students in Iran

Prevalence of alcohol use and associated factors among students of medical sciences in central Iran

HIV trend among Iranian prisoners in 1990s and 2000s; analysis of aggregated data from HIV sentinel sero-surveys

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