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ArticleGeneral psychiatry2021

Marijuana use and suicidal behaviours among school-going adolescents in Africa: assessments of prevalence and risk factors from the Global School-Based Student Health Survey.

John Tetteh, George Ekem-Ferguson, Emmanuel Nii-Boye Quarshie, Swithin Mustapha Swaray, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Nana Ayegua Hagan Seneadza, Kwaku Oppong Asante, Alfred Edwin Yawson

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John TettehCommunity Health, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-1986-4103
George Ekem-FergusonDepartment of Psychiatry, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-9293-6812
Emmanuel Nii-Boye QuarshieDepartment of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Ghana College of Humanities, Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-8720-2355
Swithin Mustapha SwarayNational Cardiothoracic Centre, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-6965-7110
Martin Amogre AyanoreDepartment of Family and Community Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences School of Public Health, Hohoe, Ghana.
Nana Ayegua Hagan SeneadzaCommunity Health, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana.
Kwaku Oppong AsanteDepartment of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Ghana College of Humanities, Accra, Ghana.
Alfred Edwin YawsonCommunity Health, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana.
University of Ghana · GHKorle Bu Teaching Hospital · GHUniversity of Health and Allied Sciences · GH

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Abstract

backgroundMarijuana use among adolescents, including high school students, has been consistently reported to be associated with a high incidence of suicidal behaviours. Little empirical research has been conducted on the propensity impact of marijuana use on suicidal behaviours in Africa.

aimsTo assess factors associated with marijuana use and further quantify marijuana use as an associated factor of suicidal behaviours, including repeated attempted suicide, suicidal ideation and suicide planning, among high school students in Africa.

methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 32 802 school-going adolescents using the Global School-Based Student Health Survey data from 10 African countries grouped into West Africa, North Africa, South-East Africa, South Africa and East Africa subregions. Marijuana use and repeated attempted suicide were the main outcome variables. We employed double selection least absolute shrinkage and selection operator poisson regression model to assess risk factors associated with marijuana use and dominance analysis to establish ranked important and common risk factors. Inverse probability weighting poisson regression adjustment was applied to assess impact.

resultsThe prevalence of marijuana use and repeated attempted suicide were 3.7% (95% CI: 3.1 to 4.3) and 6.6% (95% CI: 5.9 to 7.4), respectively. The most important risk factor for marijuana use generally across the countries and specifically in three subregions was alcohol consumption, which constituted approximately 40% of the impact. The average treatment effect on the treated (ATT) indicated that marijuana use significantly increased the risk of suicidal ideation, suicide planning and repeated attempted suicide by 12% (ATT=0.12 (95% CI: 0.02 to 0.22)), 18% (ATT=0.18 (95% CI: 0.13 to 0.22)) and 31% (ATT=0.31 (95% CI: 0.20 to 0.41)), respectively.

conclusionsMarijuana use was significantly associated with suicidal behaviours (suicidal ideation, planning and repeated attempted suicide) among the students. To achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3.5 (to

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