Treatment demand for cannabis use problems: analyses of routine data from 30 European countries.

ABSTRACT: Cannabis use and treatment demand has risen in the past decade. Previous analyses of treatment demand are limited by methodological constraints or are outdated. Cross-country differences and trends in cannabis treatment demand are described using data from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. Two novel indicators are employed: firstly, the cannabis-attributable treatment fraction (CATF) is obtained by dividing the number of treatment entrants for cannabis use problems by the number of treatment entrants for any substance use problem, accounting for possible changes in the reporting system. Secondly, comparing the number of treatment entrants for cannabis use problems to the number of people who use cannabis (near) daily yields the treated-user-ratio (TUR), which con

SUBMITTER: Manthey J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11910416 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature