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This study determined factors associated with recent and current cannabis use. In addition, we explored factors related to having a cannabis use disorder (CUD)\u2014defined using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders\u2014among current users.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We analyzed data from Ireland\u2019s 2010\u201311 and 2014\u201315 National Drug Prevalence Surveys, which recruited 5134 and 7005 individuals respectively, aged 15\u2009years or more, living in private households. Multinomial logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with recent (last year) and current (last month) cannabis use compared to experiential use. Binary logistic regression was used to determine factors related to CUD among current users.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The weighted prevalence of experiential cannabis use was 18.3%, with 3.0% and 3.3% of participants indicating recent or current use, respectively; 41.3% of current users indicated having a CUD. Factors associated with both recent or current cannabis use included younger age, not being married or cohabiting, having no dependent children and current use of tobacco or alcohol. Male gender, younger age and lower educational levels were significantly related to CUD among current users.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Males, adolescents\/young adults and individuals with lower educational levels are more likely to be current users of cannabis and are at a greater risk of having a CUD. Health professionals should be aware of these factors to improve detection and prevention of CUD.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/eurpub\/ckab007","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,21]],"date-time":"2021-01-21T20:18:56Z","timestamp":1611260336000},"page":"441-447","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Correlates of patterns of cannabis use, abuse and dependence: evidence from two national surveys in Ireland"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"31","author":[{"given":"Se\u00e1n R","family":"Millar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Research Board, Dublin, Ireland"},{"name":"School of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Deirdre","family":"Mongan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Research Board, Dublin, Ireland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Claire","family":"O\u2019Dwyer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Research Board, Dublin, Ireland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean","family":"Long","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Research Board, Dublin, Ireland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bobby P","family":"Smyth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ivan J","family":"Perry","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brian","family":"Galvin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Research Board, Dublin, Ireland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021042520105009400_ckab007-B1","volume-title":"Focal Point Ireland: National Report for 2017 \u2013 Drugs","year":"2018"},{"key":"2021042520105009400_ckab007-B2","volume-title":"The Health and Social Effects of Nonmedical Cannabis Use","year":"2016"},{"key":"2021042520105009400_ckab007-B3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"49","DOI":"10.1016\/S0376-8716(02)00102-3","article-title":"What predicts incident use of cannabis and progression to abuse and dependence?: a 4-year prospective examination of risk factors in a community sample of adolescents and young adults","volume":"68","author":"von Sydow","year":"2002","journal-title":"Drug Alcohol Depend"},{"key":"2021042520105009400_ckab007-B4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e110","DOI":"10.17269\/CJPH.108.5926","article-title":"Patterns and factors of problematic marijuana use in the Canadian population: evidence from three cross-sectional surveys","volume":"108","author":"Bonner","year":"2017","journal-title":"Can J Public Health"},{"key":"2021042520105009400_ckab007-B5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1383","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(09)61037-0","article-title":"Adverse health effects of non-medical cannabis use","volume":"374","author":"Hall","year":"2009","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"2021042520105009400_ckab007-B6","year":"2019"},{"key":"2021042520105009400_ckab007-B7","volume-title":"Prevalence of Drug Use and Gambling in Ireland and Drug Use in Northern Ireland 2014\/15 Drug Prevalence Survey: Cannabis Results","year":"2018"},{"key":"2021042520105009400_ckab007-B8","first-page":"1000","article-title":"Cannabis use and associated health problems \u2013 what\u2019s the harm?","volume":"12","author":"Smyth","year":"2019","journal-title":"Irish Medical Journal"},{"key":"2021042520105009400_ckab007-B9","volume-title":"Focal Point Ireland: National Report for 2017 \u2013 Treatment"},{"key":"2021042520105009400_ckab007-B10","volume-title":"Unspoken Risks of Cannabis Use","year":"2019"},{"key":"2021042520105009400_ckab007-B11","first-page":"53","author":"Smyth"},{"key":"2021042520105009400_ckab007-B12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"387","DOI":"10.1093\/eurpub\/ckz080","article-title":"Cannabis: harmless recreation or dangerous drug?","volume":"29","author":"Allebeck","year":"2019","journal-title":"Eur J Public Health"},{"key":"2021042520105009400_ckab007-B13","volume-title":"Proposals to Liberalise Cannabis Laws Expected before Cabinet","author":"Cullen","year":"2019"},{"key":"2021042520105009400_ckab007-B14","author":"MRBI","year":"2012"},{"key":"2021042520105009400_ckab007-B15","volume-title":"General population survey on drug prevalence in Ireland 2014\/15. 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