International trade in marijuana and hashish was first placed under controls during theInternational Opium Convention of 1925. By the late 1960s most countries hadenforcedrestrictions on trafficking and using marijuana and hashish and had imposed generally severe penalties for their illegal possession, sal...
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), marijuana is the most abused drug in the U.S.Many U.S. states have legalized the use of marijuana for medical and / or recreational use, or have decriminalized its use. However, according to federal law, the possession of ...
of subjective and behavioral measures was completed. Sub- jects were then connected to the smoking topography equip- ment. Drug or placebo was administered according to the dos- ing protocol described above. Midway through dosing, a second blood sample was obtained after eight puffs and drinks. ...
Effects of acute marijuana smoking on pulse rate and mood states in women. Psychopharmacology 84, 178--187.Lex, B. W.; Mendelson, J. H.; Bavli, S.; Harvey, K.; Mello, N. K.: Effects of acute marijuana smoking on pulse rate and mood states in women. Psychopharmacology (Berlin) 84...
Other drugs that are frequently abused include cannabis (marijuana,hashish, etc., from the hemp plantCannabis sativa),PCP, and such hallucinogens, or psychedelics, asLSDandmescaline. XanaxHow the popular anti-anxiety drug Xanax works.(more) ...
Hash effects on pregnancyAny drug of abuse can affect a mother's health during pregnancy.THC crosses the placenta and can enter breast milk, which can put the unborn baby at risk. Some studies have found that babies born to mothers who used marijuana (THC) during pregnancy were smaller than...
Long-term usage of marijuana can have various effects on a person's physical and psychological state. Learn more about the definition of cannabis, analyze the long-term effects of cannabis in the emotional, social, and psychiatric spheres, and understand why it is considered a ''gateway drug...
As bipolar disorder and marijuana use are individually associated with cognitive impairment, it also remains unclear whether there is an additive effect on cognition when bipolar patients use marijuana. The current study aimed to determine the impact of marijuana on mood in bipolar patients and to ...
The increased potency makes it difficult to determine the short- and long-term effects of marijuana In a 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 17.4 million people in the United States said they had used marijuana in the past month. Since then, many states have made it ...
Effects of acute smoked marijuana on complex cognitive performance. Neuropsychopharmacology 25: 757–765. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Heishman SJ, Arasteh K, Stitzer ML (1997). Comparative effects of alcohol marijuana on mood, memory, and performance. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 58: 93–101. ...