While the use of CBD appears to circumvent most of the drawbacks of using cannabis preparations, there remain significant issues associated with its use: (1) All marijuana extracts, including CBD, are controlled substances in most countries, although some have decriminalized the use of cannabis pr...
More than 100 people in a Connecticut park overdose on suspected synthetic marijuana in one day, straining emergency services. Washington, D.C. sees more than 200 overdoses during the month of July. These numbers generated headlines, but health emergencies caused by synthetic cannabinoid - also k...
Synthetic mimics of marijuana, dissociative drugs and stimulants — such as the “bath salts” allegedly consumed by Randy Eugene, the Florida man shot after a horrific face-eating assault — are growing in popularity and hard to control. Every time a compound is banned, overseas chemists synthe...
Considered by public health officials as "new psychoactive substances," synthetic marijuana and bath salts, a stimulant, started showing up in the U.S. around 2008 but were banned a few years later by the DEA because of serious health issues attributed to them. Synthetic opioids like U-47700 ...
Semi-syntheticProducts with opiate activity, eg meperidine and methadone or synthetics, see MPTP; under the umbrella term of narcotic, alkaloids, eg LSD,mescaline, barbiturates,alcohol,marijuana,cocaine, hallucinogens and stimulants, eg antidepressants. ...
Synthetic cannabinoids are typically sold in a colorful package that is labeled as “not for human consumption” to subvert law enforcement and to entice consumption. Synthetic cannabinoids are also called synthetic marijuana or “fake weed,” giving a false sense of safety to the recreational users...
The article presents information on the use of synthetic cannabinoids, with a focus on the adverse side effects of smoking or inhaling fumes from these designer drugs used as a marijuana alternative. Topics include the symptoms for which eight patients were admitted to an emergency department in ...
Seely K, Prather P, James L, Moran J. Marijuana-based drugs: innovative therapeutics or designer drugs of abuse?Mol Interv[PubMed] 3. Huffman J, Thompson A, Wiley J, Martin B. Synthesis and pharmacology of 1-deoxy analogs of CP-47,497 and CP-55,940. ...
Many improvements and shifts in the legal status of medical marijuana in several US states and countries have either been made recently or will happen in the next few years. The situation is ripe for a change in cultural attitudes toward the use of cannabis for the treatment of several ...
Three people in Colorado may have died after smoking synthetic marijuana, state health officials fear. The Colorado Department of Public Health has launched an investigation into an outbreak of illnesses at hospitals that may be tied to the dangerous substance. ...